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Who: Zura & Elizabeth, Celty, Hinata, Hiro & Baymax, Tadashi and Hiccup & Toothless
When: OOC: 11/17, IC: 4/8
Where: CERES Research Tower
What: It's a break-in! That seems like a fantastic idea that in no way could possibly go wrong.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some violence, injuries and possible death.

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[ Entering the CERES research tower will be somewhat easier than expected.

There are no armed guards that will stop anyone if they come in through the front doors (or the side doors, or any doors) and regardless of which doors they choose, there will be a desk, behind which sits a robot receptionist. If they come in through a window, there will be a robot receptionist. No matter how they break in, the receptionist is there.

Weird.

If you talk to the robot receptionist, he will give you a pamphet. It is titled CERES and You: How to Live a Fulfilling Life With CERES. Now doesn't that sound like fun reading.

After a rousing game of rock, paper, scissors (unless you really want to play Uno in the lobby), it's decided. One group will go left. One group will go right.

There are unassuming doors on each side. Time to go! ]

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. . . LOADING KOTARO KATSURA.$$$ . . . LOADING CELTY STURLUSON.$$$ . . .
. . . LOADING HAJIME HINATA.$$$ . . . START RAID.EXE. . .

[ This lucky group gets to go right. The door before them is unlocked, and the receptionist seems to have no interest in stopping them. There is a paper sign taped onto the door, though. What a work of art.

Wow, does the receptionist work at all?

(And are the doors aligned differently from how they were during the previous raid?) ]

Edited 2015-11-18 00:08 (UTC)

_{[ Upon seeing a receptionist at the front desk, Katsura's instant response is to halt, and turn to face his allies. He gives them all a look and speaks with his voice low: ]}

There is already a security guard. _{[ Zura, that is a receptionist. ]} Maybe if we say we are delivering pizza, it won't see us as a threat. Maybe if I tell it to not notice us, it won't notice us.

_{[ INGENIOUS PLAN ALREADY.
Elizabeth holds up a placard:
"Maybe we should just—
Tiptoe inside." ]}

Excellent plan.
_{[ why do you all trust him. ]}

...

[This plan is going stellar already. Hinata is resisting the powerful urge to shake his head and tries valiantly to keep his head in the game.]

If we can.

[BUT let's go on over to that door and check it and it's unlocked (suspicious) and that receptionist is doing nothing (more suspicious!!). He's just gonna look back skeptically before he shrugs in a might as well go gesture.]

[ best plan tbh.

but celty's been keeping an eye on the receptionist even while hinata checks the door. once it seems like it's unlocked, she steps in front of them, black scythe materializing in her hands. she flashes them her device, ]

I'll go in first.

[ carefully, she eases the door open, bracing herself just in case anything jumps out at them. ]

[ She eases open the door, and nothing jumps out at them. Nope, it's just a hallway!

It looks like a perfectly normal hallway at that.

There's a potted plant at the end. Next to the only door they can take, though there are two locked doors along the way. The only unlocked door is the final door.]

_{[ Katsura is a bit taken aback by Celty's firm assertiveness up front and gives Hinata a glance when she steps in front of him, but allows it.
Muttering, presumably to Hinata, he speaks softly: ]}

Ah, I think we might have over-prepared. This isn't right at all. We should be extra careful; it's almost as if they were expecting us.
_{[ Which is likely. ]}

Edited 2015-11-18 01:40 (UTC)

[He's not the only one-- though it does bring some relief to know at least one out of the three of them has impressive supernatural (???) abilities.

Hinata glances over at Katsura.]

Well, we know how hard it is to try to keep things secret here.

[Tapping a finger below his eye. He'll try one of the locked doors, frowning at it before looking to Celty and Katsura.] What about those other two?

[ so much for that idea.

once nothing seems out of the ordinary, celty's shoulders relax and she feels a twinge of self-consciousness for being so assertive and on guard. then again, it's not her first rodeo with CERES and she figures it's better to be safe than sorry. the last thing she wants is for the others to go through the same experience she did last time. ]

Should we try to break them open to see what's inside?

[ like. she once cleaved a warehouse door open with her scythe. maybe she could do the same here?? ]

_{[ Katsura is too cautious to actually touch the door, so maybe using something like a scythe is a good idea. Zura steps aside to give Celty a little more space before replying: ]}

We won't find much if we don't, will we? Using an object like your weapon is a great idea.

_{[ a great idea indeed. ]}

...

[Well, he can't say anything, and Katsura has a point. Not going to say that though. But they came here to find things, damn it, so he's nodding slightly.

Hinata shifts back toward the middle of the hallway, facing where they came from just in case, one hand at his hip, where his gun is tucked underneath his clothes.]

[ there's another nod from her as she moves closer to the door. she's not entirely sure if the door is as sturdy as it seems, but it wouldn't hurt to try.

once katsura and hinata move back a suitable distance, she strikes the first door in a wide, diagonal arc. there's enough force behind the swing to cut down a regular metal door, but she has a feeling it might not be this easy. ]

[ Wow, opening up with the property damage already. Amazing.

For once, though, it really is that easy. It takes the door down, opening up the way into the room.

The room is dark though, and quiet. Someone wanna find a light switch? ]

_{[ Zura also prepares himself by holding the hilt of his sword, but when the door creaks open into an anticlimatic silence and darkness, Katsura breathes. ]}

Leave it open. Celty-dono, open the next door. Elizabeth and I will investigate the other door.

_{[ even more dividing up. Is this smart? It seems time efficient, at least. ]}

So I'll check out this one.

[Into the dark room for Hinata, though he has doubts about splitting up the Scooby Gang to search for clues. But they're still close to each other, at least.]

Yell if anything happens.

[He hesitates about stepping into the dark room, rummaging in a pocket for a small flashlight he brought, shining it into the darkness before he goes sidling in and looking for a light switch.]

[ she'll go ahead and open up the second door then. she has some reservations about them splitting up more than they already have, but at this point she can't deny that this is a more productive use of their time.

before katsura goes in the second door, she takes his arm and gives it a brief squeeze. ]

Please be careful.

[ after that, she goes to join hinata in the first room. ]

_{[ Zura freezes when Celty grabs him, but gives her a reassuring pat with his hand. ]}

I'm always careful. _{[ Which is.. partially true. He's also reckless. He's carefully being reckless? Something like that.

Well. Some people might think that splitting up is counter productive, but they are just rooms, right? Do they lead to other rooms? Maybe not. If anything happens, they're all in earshot. It shouldn't be too bad.

If the room he is entering is also dark, Katsura will carefully slip inside with his companion following after. Unlike Hinata, he doesn't have a flash light, so he palms against the wall for any kind of switch. ]}

[ Hinata's flashlight in the first room reveaaaals... a very messy room, full of filing cabinets. None of the cabinets will open no matter what they try to do, which seems to defeat the point of a filing cabinet in the first place. There's a cat poster on the wall.

Otherwise, the room seems quiet from what they can see from Hinata's flashlight.

As for Katsura, he'll open the door to a room that is dark (CERES is big on saving energy), though he finds the light switch eventually.

Katsura's room will light up to what appears to be a waiting room. It has that stuffy dentist waiting room feel to it, though there's nobody in here. There's a door on the other end of the room, presumably wherever the patients go after waiting for hours.]

[A little anticlimactic... Hinata looks uncertainly toward Celty before he heads further inside to test the cabinets. Then he'll look around for a switch to make sure they're not missing anything in here.]

...I wonder if we should try to break one of these open?

[Referring to the filing cabinet. He's taking his wanton destruction cues from Katsura apparently.] Nah, how about the other room first?

[And then they can come back and smash things if they don't find anything more useful in the other room Katsura isn't checking out.]

[ what an ominous poster. that's definitely not foreshadowing, is it?

once it seems like hinata can't open the cabinets, she nods, giving one last glance around the room before turning back towards the hallway. ]

I agree, let's join Katsura and double back later.

[ she's loathe to keep them separated for longer than they need to be. ]

_{[ Katsura's hair on the back of his neck stick straight up. This is like a dentist's office. Nothing is more terrifying than a dentist's office. He gives a glance to Elizabeth. They both look calm but are actually pretty uncomfortable about being in here ... the dentist really suck and they both have had bad experiences (yes, even if it looks like Elizabeth just has a bill.)

They both walk out into the hallway and speak softly: ]}

There is another door in here; what did you find?

Nothing much besides filing cabinets we couldn't open. We thought we'd go back and break them open later.

[And proceed onward for now--

Hinata peers over at the door where Katsura came from, glimpsing the inside and frowning.] Did you check behind that other door?

Edited 2015-11-19 03:45 (UTC)

There is another door, yes, but I was wondering if you both also found another door or if we should just investigate this one. It is what looks like a waiting room, so I expect the absolute worst.

_{[ The dentist. ]}

Since ours is a dead end, perhaps we could investigate this one for now. If this is meant to be a waiting room, then it should stand to reason that the door would lead to an operating or examination room of some kind. A consultation room, even, to discuss treatments.

[ though any kind of treatment from CERES would be more harm than good. ]

Maybe we could find some information about the implants in there.

Edited 2015-11-19 08:48 (UTC)

[Hinata nods along in agreement, folding his arms over his chest. He's unaware that Katsura's biggest fear here is the potential for dentistry...]

Yeah, let's do that. That fine with you, Katsura?

Or even worse—! _{[ he's just going to say it to warn you all! ]} It could be a dentist!
_{[ Quickly, Katsura unsheathes his sword and holds the hilt tightly. He's one to typically run away when things get brutal, but not when there are people he can protect form the horrors of dentistry. ]}

No, I will go through this door first! Celty-dono, if you would be so kind to obliterate the hatch!
_{[ Yeah, he still doesn't trust just opening the door like a normal person. He does assert himself forward back into the room then shifts to the side to give Celty some room. ]}

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