Kimi found it suspicious that this man would want to protect her.  She looked him over.  Could he be the entity?

To the chairs she said, "I am most grateful sir."  She waited.

Oh no problem miss. He grins. How many do you need? I have a cart if you need more than one. Just let me know and I will escort you home. If you are worried you need not be. I was in the French military before I came to America. I will make sure you get home safely. He brags. You get the impression that he is taken with you and is trying to show off a bit.

Kimi bobbed her head once, then said. "One should do most wondrous sir.  I would then break it into what I will need."  She continued to look the man over.
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He gives a nod and offers to allow you to break it here in the store room if you wish.

No worries hon, it was a sense motive, I have a lot of trouble getting the hilight to work on RPOL so I took the one at the top.  All's good.

ooc: Well you sensed the crap out of his motive then with a natural 20! ;P

As he helps you fashion the broken chairs into instruments of self defense (namely stakes) you can tell that he's quite smitten with you. You've come to the conclusion that you are somewhat exotic to a lot of men and even in the Men of Letters you are treated with a certain care that is almost amusing. The Frenchman, Pierre is his name, chats as you both work, telling you how he came here five years ago and opened up the cafe. He seems to be both boastful and a bit self conscious at the same time, and he seems to be genuinely helpful. Clearly he's trying to impress you. He's also quite adamant about walking you home. It occurs to you that you may have to be creative as to where you lead him so as to not give away the headquarters location. That is, if you decide to allow him to tag along.

Kimi works with him, letting him talk.  She is kind but not in a leading way.  When it is time to leave the establishment, she allows him to walk her BACK to the home of the old woman.  She thanks him for his time and care, then enters the house with the stakes.

ooc: Clever ;)

He looks disappointed at having to leave you so soon, but he bids you a friendly goodnight and heads back alone. The old woman looks surprised and pleased to see you. Ah! Successful I see! Do you still plan to leave tonight? She arches a curious eyebrow.

Kimi apologies to the woman.  "I am sorry grandmother, but a man wanted to escort me, and I could not allow him to follow me." She bowed her head in reverence. "Will these do wise one?"

She showed the stakes to the woman.

(ooc: Thank you!)

The woman smiles. I'm assuming that was Pierre. She laughs. He always did like a pretty face. Ah yes, those will do nicely. Still, the creature is very strong. You must take care that he does not overwhelm you. She warns. Suddenly from outside you hear a man scream...He is near! She gasps. He has found his prey!

Kimi looked to the door.  She knew she was not enough to face this creature.  She must be away while it was busy.  Turning she hurried to the roof, she lowered herself to her stomache and tried to get a peek at the creature.

You see the figure of a man, bent over a still form in the street. They are not far from where you are and you recognize the victim as Pierre. At this hour and in this neighborhood, no one else seems to have heard and you watch as the man drags his victim to a sewer drain and proceeds to start to stuff him inside. He is eating something at the same time and judging by the gaping wound in Pierre's side, you are fairly certain it is an organ of some kind. As the form gets closer to you it is hard not to gasp in surprise. You recognize the face. It is Nicholas!

Kimi pulled herself back from the edge and waited, flat against the roof.  She waited until it was silent, when it was she was up and off like an arrow.  It was time to get back to the rest.

10:10, Today: Kimi-Yuka Noriko rolled 25 using 1d20+5. Move sliently but fast.
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You fly through the streets of New York. Through alleys, up rooftops, zigzagging through empty markets. It is a bit of a ways off from headquarters, but not restrictively so. After about an hour and a half of running, you find yourself at the warehouse. Frederick paces in front, looking worried. He has not seen you yet apparently. Suddenly the front door opens and a familiar face emerges. Nicholas. No doubt he made it back faster through the sewer. You can faintly hear what they are saying. No sign of her yet? Nicholas asks with what could actually pass for worry. He is a most convincing actor. Frederick shakes his head unhappily. We got separated. I was sure she would have returned by now. I hope nothing has happened to her.

ooc: I'm assuming you meant to rejoin the Men of Letters. If I am incorrect, let me know and I'll fix it! :D

Kimi watched the two exchange words.  Again she waited for Nicholas to move off.  She needed to find Ian or Mr Westbrook, or any of the others really.  Fredrick would hopefully know.

She stayed where she was, waiting.

The two chat a moment longer, mostly about you and your possible whereabouts. Nicholas soon goes inside, leaving Frederick alone once more. He checks his pocket watch, looking worried.

Should you approach him he looks overjoyed to see you and immediately questions what happened.

Kimi stepped out of her hiding place.  She quickly stood out of where she and wandered forward toward Freddie.  She had a smile on her face.  She did not portray here knowledge to him.  Freddie was not one to be able to hide what he knew.

Instead she said, "Master Fredrick, apologies to you.  When I escaped from the house, I ran to an area I did not know.  I must confess, I was lost for a time."

He gives a small laugh. Well, it is a big city and you are still relatively new here. I suppose I shouldn't be so surprised. I'm glad you made it back in one piece though. It's dangerous these days. He shakes his head. We brought back the journal but we're still trying to translate it. The language looks to be a dead one, but if anyone can figure it out it's our boys. He starts to walk inside at this point. Is there anything you need? Anything I can get you? Thank you for helping me back there. I don't know who those men were but I don't think it would have gone well for me...

She patted Fredrick on the back. "There is good news then. Who is back amongst us?" She entered into the abode.  She knew that if she saw Nicholas, she would stake him, and fast.  There would be no time elsewise.

Well we made it back from the house, but none of the others have returned. I'm getting a bit worried actually. He frowns. I'm going to keep a lookout here in case anyone straggles in. He informs you.

As you head underground to find Westbrook, you do indeed see Nicholas in one of the corridors. His back is to you and he is walking towards an undeveloped part of the tunnels....

ooc: Ok, so you can either try to engage him in conversation and take him by surprise or you can try to sneak up on him but if you fail your move silently he will be warned by your coming and you will be at a disadvantage. Go ahead and decide which route you will take. Also, if you want, in order to move things along efficiently, you can roll your attack roll as well and I'll factor it into my post. Good luck! Also, don't worry about the damage roll yet as I'm still working on stats for the stake.

Kimi was suspicious that the creature might have taken Nioholas' form, and that the boy was  NOT the creature.

  She moved forward, a pleasing smile on her face, best to be sure.

From what you can tell he seems to be rather shifty acting. You aren't sure as to whether the creature is able to take others forms or not, but judging by the fact that he is acting a bit suspicious you are thinking that this person in front of you could likely be the culprit you saw previously.

ooc: Should you wish you can try to follow him sneakily or you can fake your way into a conversation to see if he reveals anything or you could just go for it. He won't see your stake for sure at least so that's good. As for stats, I think because it is a weapon that is specialized to kill that certain type of creature I am going to increase the stats on damage in cases like this. It just makes sense. You will roll your usual melee attack and then automatically add +10 damage to every damage roll you make, the hit die for a stake will be 1d4 x2 for critical, like a dagger. After all, in the show staking usually goes pretty easily for them and I do try to be as true to it as I can. I'm just waiting on a post on the other thread and then I will merge yours. Until then feel free to continue on here.

There is no honour in an attack the opponent cannot see.  So Kimi waited until she was close to call Nicholas' name.  When he faced her, she struck for the heart, using all her strength to drive the stake in deeply.



She readied to strike him again, the next stake in her hand.  She was ready for any attack he may retaliate with.
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You do indeed catch him by surprise, but the stake misses his heart and instead is buried by his collarbone and shoulder. He gasps in surprise and pain and rips it out, flinging it away like it is poison. He calls you a rather nasty word and his face is enraged as he attempts to strike you. Fortunately he misses for you have a feeling there is quite a bit of power behind his blows...

ooc: I made a new thread you can post your next move there. It is chapter 3
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no worries!!!