From Community Center: Outside

Imogen staggered in, drenched and a bit muddy, with a wide-eyed frazzled look wholly at odds with her normal attitude.

"What just happened?"

The lights flicker and died leaving the group basked in darkness. Course its daytime. The big thing is-where is Tony? The thunder and lighting crash down outside and after about a hour, all that remains is rain pouring down from above. No lighting, no thunder. Then nothing. It stopped raining and becomes sunny once more. Comes in, crashes the area, leaves quickly.

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Everyone had the same question on their lips. What the heck just happened? Sure, thunderstorms weren't exactly a mystery, and it wasn't like hail was a once in a century event. But for everyone to get hit, and no one to be hurt, it was just so impossible. Eric still couldn't process it, but the shock had yet to wear off. From her place on the floor, she just looked to everyone else for an answer. But as she looked into the eyes of her fellow inmates, all she saw was confusion. She needed someone to make sense of it.

Erica imagined Tony would be less shaken by any of this. She looked for him, but he wasn't there, and she didn't remember if he went into the building ahead of them or if he might be still outside. It was unlikely that anyone would miss him if he was out there face down in the wet grass, but she was certain she didn't see him when she staggered in from the river.

"Hey, guys. Has anyone seen Marko?"

Luke stood up and glanced quickly around the room. "No. Maybe he's trying to get the electricity back on. Probably down with the circuit breaker is my guess."

He started to head upstairs, feeling less shaky. "I'm going to change into something dryer...and with less holes in it. I'm getting in my civvies. Tony can fuck himself if he has anything to say about it."

Dan strips off his jumpsuit in the main room, revealing soaked black shorts underneath.
"I'm wearing anything dry....anything mate."

Jenessa bit her lip nervously as she paced around the room, looking out the window, turning as Imogen walked in with the same question everyone had, only for the building to lose power as the lights went out.

"Really!  Lights out too?" she hissed as she threw up her hands, wishing she was back at her home.  The room had windows and the storm was ending as suddenly as it had started as the sun came out.  "Where is Tony?  Aren't we supposed to be monitored?  Is he the only person watching us?  He disappeared right after giving you,"she pointed at Erica, "permission to go inside." She looked around for Tony, expecting someone official to come in to check that all of them were alright!

As Luke started to leave for his room, Jenessa called out, "Wait, maybe we should stick together?  No one should be going anywhere alone?  In horror movies, people who go someplace alone get killed."  This wasn't a horror movie, but it was certainly feeling like one.  A crazy storm popped up and then went away and their minder was suddenly gone.  This could definitely be the setup for a horror movie.

Erica huffed a laugh at Jenessa's observation. "We're in a halfway house, Jenessa. No one wants to kill us. Besides. You won't find Tony. I ate him." She grinned as she pushed up to her feet. "I really need to get out of these clothes. I'm soaked."

Luke commented to Jenessa, "Erica's right. Marko's the only monster around here and you heard her, she ate him." He flashed a mischievous smile. Turning to Erica he asked, "Seriously, did you see him outside? Where did he go? Probably left us to fend for ourselves here with no power."

"Tony? He's probably gone to watch porn in the one room in this place with any power."
Dan sighs and says "The dry towels will be in the locker room, right?"

Jenessa flushed as Erica called her on her wild flight of fantasy, "Fine, I let my imagination run wild a little bit," she pouted as she crossed her arms over her wet and slightly charred jumpsuit, "Can you blame me?  Things are very strange right now!"   She looked around, "Maybe we should go looking for Mr Marko.  I mean it is very strange that he isn't here right now," she pointed out as she also wanted to get out of this ugly jumpsuit that was showing a bit more skin than it had when she originally put it on. "Maybe he got hit with lightning too and is hurt?"

"Or maybe he's just scared of the dark," she quipped.

"Dry clothes sound like a pretty good idea right now."

Imogen also wanted out of the ugly - and now tattered - jumpsuit and into something sensible. Or stylish.

To: Female locker rooms
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With everyone else definitely headed for dry clothes, Erica quietly agrees and runs up to her room

To Erica's Room

"Well as far as I'm concerned, our near death experience has signaled the end of our community service for the day. I don't give a crap what Tony has to say about it."

Luke disappeared upstairs for a bit, returning after having showered and changed. He wore a tailored grey silk sports coat over a collarless white shirt that seemed pressed and fresh from the dry cleaners. He looked as if he were dressed ready for a night out at a club as opposed to being stuck inside a detention center.

Jenessa sighed as everyone scattered to go get into dry clothes.  She as still frecked out, but getting out this charred and wet jumpsuit sounded really good.  She had some clothes in the locker room and she could get cleaned up before putting on clean clothes.  The busty copper haired young woman headed directly to the female's locker room.

--> Community Center: Female Locker Room
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Dan, realising he no longer has an audience for his wit, decides to stop standing around in his shorts and goes off to get dry clothes. Time to actually dress properly.

All is calm, all is bright. The sun beats down, sending a glow into the room. Its nice. No sign of Tony. And the power is out. There is a generator downstairs if needbe. Possibly. Maybe. No one comes into the room, no one checking out Dan's boxers. Well besides the girls momentarily until he goes to get new dry clothes in his room.

Luke wandered around the main room, peeking into the office area and staring wistfully at the computer within. With the power out, any hope of using the computer to contact the outside world was lost.

He plopped down into a chair, waiting for either Tony to enter and start berating him for changing into his civvies without permission or the others to start showing up. If Tony had bailed on them, Luke figured it was within their right to head into town. They had to let someone know what happened and if they managed to grab dinner and a few drinks as they waited for a reply from the authorities, so be it.

--> Kitchen

Jenessa came back into the main room and shrugged at Luke, "I didn't find anyone in the kitchen area.  Was Tony the only running this building?" She found that hard to believe, although if he was having them do all the work, that would partly explain things. "I only got here today, but have you seen anyone else here?" She asked curiously in her soft voice as she moved over to crouch nervously on a chair with her feet tucked under her.

Luke shrugged at Jenessa. "He's the only person I've seen here, but then again this is my first day. There is probably a night crew that comes in after Tony finishes up. That guy seems like a nine to fiver. I doubt he'd stay here one second past quitting time. If he doesn't show soon, I say we head into town. We can tell the authorities that Tony bailed on us and that we couldn't stay here what with no power and all."
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From: Female Locker Rooms

Imogen returned, dressed in a sweatshirt and jeans, her long hair tousled and damp.

"Sounds like a plan."

She sighed, almost theatrically.

"I suppose we should have a look for him. A quick look."

From Erica's room

Erica entered the main room to find Luke, Imogen and Jenessa. They were obviously at the conclusion of some conversation, possibly about the storm or simply what to do next.

"Hey guys." She hopped up into the conversation. "Well, I feel better. What's going on? I guess we still don't know what's up?"

Jenessa nodded at Luke as he suggested his plan as Imogen and Erica entered the main room, "Yeah, sounds like the best plan.  Not like we can stay here without power all night.  I looked around in the kitchen and couldn't find anyone there, but there is staples and supplies to make food, if anyone was so inclined," the busty brunette shrugged.  The shrug indicating that she certainly wasn't going to try to cook.

"Ummm....did everyone else get hit by lighting too?  Or something at least, I was thrown against a wall.  I am still not sure why I am perfectly fine and completely unharmed." Jenessa frowned nervously as she looked to see what others had to say about their experience.

Luke replied to Jenessa, "I might have gotten hit, but I don't know. I mean my clothes were singed but I lost consciousness. I don't know if I was hit, or if I was nearby a strike and got some collateral damage."

He stood up, wandering into the kitchen to peek at the food supplies Jenessa had discovered.

"Once everyone is cleaned up, we should do one final sweep for Tony. So we can tell the authorities that we tried to find him before we de to go get some help."

He pulled down a box of cereal and cracked open the top, pouring some into a bowl before offering the box to Jenessa.

When Jenessa suggested that someone may want to cook, Erica just shook her head. No way. If Erica had any useful skills she wouldn't have been arrested for prostitution. Thankfully, Jenessa changed the topic.

"If I didn't get hit, it was close. I ended up in the river and somehow I didn't drown. But yeah, I flew like ten feet and landed hard. But like you all... no injury. Weird."

She didn't want to search for Tony. she didn't want to even see Tony. But Luke was right. It would be better to be able to say they tried. Janessa, Luke and Imogen were all there, but one other was missing besides Tony. Dan was there earlier, so he wasn't outside lying face down in a puddle.

"Where's Dan?"
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There's a vague shout in the distance of "TONY! WHERE ARE YER? SCARED OF LIGHTNING?" from Dan, walking up and down the halls trying to find his beloved overseer.