S.U.C.K. Headquarters

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Aid kit? R-right...." Unable to answer his first question, she jumped up and ran for the truck. Yanking the door open, she madly rummaged around until she found what looked like what he was asking for. Please, someone guide me, Genno, if you can hear me, wherever you are now, be with me in spirit since you're lost to me now.... Taking a deep breath and willing herself to ignore the water in her eyes, she made her way back to the fallen paramedic. "Is- is this it?" she said, voice quavering a bit. "Y-you'll have to guide me, I- I don't know how to do this on my own...." Stop shaking, hands! I- I need to do this right! His life is riding on this! I couldn't save Genno- at least I can save someone!

[Chibi MitchellTF]

(Hold on, there's enough distance for another character to take action.)

As she gets out of the truck, before she can ask the second part, she notices two things. One, that's there's also IV bags and syringes in addition to the First Aid kit, she needs to grab those. Second, as she's on her way to step out, she sees the catgirl, literally inches from her face, humming to herself with a small, handheld portable gasoline tank. She's dripping it on the ground, having just come from the fuel tank. The catgirl smiles brightly. "Oh, Hi. I'd introduce myself, but it won't matter in a bit." She calmly begins to walk away, humming to herself, and dripping the gasoline all the way.

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Um- what-" Elise stared at this strange newcomer. "Why- why won't it matter? And you need to be careful with that gasoline!" This is bad- too many ways to go- too many things to think about- just focus, focus, save this fellow and then deal with her.... Taking a deep breath, she hurried back to try to tend to the paramedic.

[Xiao]

Daniel had climbed up a fire escape and was watching from the roof of a near by building. Dang, more trouble than I would have hoped. he thought, keeping low enough to stay out of the line of sight of the two. Vita quod nex, he began to silently chant,

Addo mihi pluvia , phasmatis de vita, emundo vulnus illorum inops

As he finished, a mist began to set in around the ground. To Elise and the catgirl, it felt extremely nice and relaxing, and as it touched the paramedic, his wounds began to slowly heal, inside and out. He remained crouched and waited for them to make another move, the gasoline would make most of his attack spells extremely hazardous.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

A pencil cuts past her cheek as she runs. And she can hear the gasoline stop pouring, and somebody flicking something. It's like someone flicking their finger, only there's a metallic tinge to it.

Daniel can see the catgirl throw a pencil with the speed of a knife. It cuts past Elise, and was apparently a warning shot. What is of more concern is that the catgirl takes the gasoline, and stop pouring it. She's a pretty good distance away from the ambulance, and she looks down at the little bit at her feet. The gasoline 'can' (even though it's more a container, can gets it's size more closely) in one hand, she begins flicking a lighter idly with her other hand. 'Nice and cool all of a sudden. I like it. Let's make it nice and warm too!"

Elise can hear the speech. What she feels is up to her.

The spell is working, but the problem is that the guy is in critical condition. He's probably going to need at the least enough fluids to recover, or Daniel's spell will simply make him more comfortable as he dies. The paramedic's current thoughts run something like this. It feels, nice, asll of a sudden. I like it. Guess...it might be...a good sendoff.

[Xiao]

Daneil glares at the girl's remark, Warm this furry wench, he thought to himself, seeing that the mist had grown to a moderate size.

Mador recolligo quod lavo malum illae puella! he chanted to himself, directing his staff towards them.

The mist began to swirl and thicken until it was what seemed to be floating rain. After it had formed a few airborn streams, it fell to the ground, washing around the gasoline. It seemed that a more concentrated amount had fallen onto the paramedic, working as the earlier spell but with an increased rate and power.

((That enough fluid for ya? ))

[Mistress Guendolen]

Elise's head spun as something zipped close by her face. Her hand clapped to her cheek; she could feel a tiny, razor-thin cut there. That was when she heard a rather disturbing statement uttered by the strange catgirl who had just passed her. That- that is not good.... Not seeing any other alternative, Elise knew she had to try to stop this girl; she had no idea how, but she was the only person who could do anything. So she put down the medical materials, and, hoping this wouldn't take too long, started forward.... Then a sight-obscuring mist dropped down, and rain began to fall.... "What the?- I can't see!"

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The healing spell is not doing as well as Daniel hoped. The reason is simple. Shock is caused by the body's natural resources being deplenished. Most healing spells tend to work by increasing the body's natural ability to heal. But, in this case, it's like trying to start a car when there's no gas. All you'll do is mess up the engine. That's why he asked for the IVs. The healing trick is doing a good job of keeping him out of critical condition, though.

The catgirl looks around, and realizes something. There was enough rain, or whatever this mist was, that she was having trouble seeing. Not only that, but it was washing scents away, and it was dripping against the ground. This was not good. All she had left was taste and touch, and those are not good in battle. "This Mist...Whatever you did, I'll find you later. If you didn't do this, well, then looks like God was on your side. I'll give you an 'A' either way. Maybe you'll be a 'sister' later. See-ya." There's a faint sound, the same sound as when Genno disappeared, and then she was gone.

[Xiao]

Daniel was able to see the girl vanish and the rain began to slow until it completely stopped. He continued to watch from the top of the building, trying to keep himself out of sight in case some other nut job decided to join the fray.

[Mistress Guendolen]

Was she... talking to me?... Elise looked around as the rain and mist started to lift. Whatever it is; I don't understand.... Granted, she was only in a tenuous mindset to begin with, given that she had narrowly escaped an explosion and been in the midst of trying to save someone's life after having just seen her newly acquired boyfriend vaporized, and been too far away to do anything about it....
Her breath hitched a little bit, and for a second, her vision wavered. No. Enough of this. I- I can't dwell on that right now. I have to do this- there'll be time later to nurse my own hurt, and find who did that to him- Tamping down the rising feelings in the name of doing her duty, she gathered the dropped medical supplies and made her way back to the fallen paramedic. "Sorry I took so long; I- I kind of got delayed...." There was only a slight hitch in the words as she knelt down next to him. "Y-you'll have to guide me. I've never done anything like this before...."

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The paramedic smiles. "It's okay. That mist, whatever it was, seems to have had a healing effect. I should be fine. I just need to some fluids. Hand me the IV." When she hands him the IV, he unscrews the cap, and drinks it like bottled water. When he finishes, he shrugs. "Normally not recommended, but since the naseua's gone, it'll keep me out of the danger zone. Thanks."

[Mistress Guendolen]

"You're welcome...." She looked at him, puzzled. She hadn't come across powers of the sort that could create a healing mist.... "Is there... anything else you need?" Anything to keep me busy, to keep from dwelling on- She shook her head a little to derail that train of thought. I can't mope now! "What- what happened here? Do you know anything about what's going on?" I feel like I need to do something, but I don't know what, and I can't keep flying blind forever.... I'd do a reading, but I don't have time for that, and they can be so obscure sometimes that they take forever to puzzle out....

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The paramedic sits up, and smiles. "Yes. I know exactly what's going on. S.U.C.K. came up with the idea for a being, an weapon. It was capable of infecting it's victims with a virus, causing them to mutate into a being like this weapon, and then infect others. A 'Typhoid Mary' if you will. Now, anyone with half a brain cell would realize that this weapon could be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands, or if it went postal. Unfortunately, S.U.C.K. doesn't have that. It recruited some extra members, and even more after that, and five of these extra members were the ones on the project. They created this monstrosity, and of COURSE, it escaped. The weapon was caught, and the virus kept in check by nanobots. This weapon, was Neko. The Cat. The five who created Neko survived. There forms were changed, but the desire for conquest did not. Now, they have returned, and formed the Neko-Jin. What they seek, I do not know. The base behind me was once where the branch that FINANCED Project Neko was. They were not at the breakout, and were not transformed. So, I guess the Neko-Jin were a bit mad. If we're lucky, that catgirl who attacked me didn't destroy everything, and we can steal some data. A girl like you shouldn't see what's in there, so I'll meet you back at the coffee shop, or I could call you on your cell. We might be able to analyze the data, and figure out what they are after."

As he finishes this, he suddenly gets nervous, and looks around. When nothing happens, he breathes a sigh of relief. "I feel better, that exposition was the kinda stuff somebody reveals on their deathbed!"

[Mistress Guendolen]

"Well, let's hope that you're breaking literary tradition, with that one...." Elise contemplated what he'd just told her. "And wait- Neko was the ultimate weapon? In the coffee shop, she seemed totally harmless! Random, but not someone out to destroy the world.... And while I appreciate the concern, don't let the looks decieve you. You'd be surprised about the things I've seen...." She sat back on her heels and studied the building. "So, how do you want to about checking out that data?" Anything to keep from dwelling on what I saw happen to Genno.... I failed him by being too late....

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The paramedic gets up, and does a few stretches. He seems fine, and he makes sure to keep sipping on the IVs. "Well, if you really want to come along, we simply go inside the building, and we look around for anything that's left. CD-Roms, diskettes, functional computers." He walks over to the door, looks inside, and takes a deep breath. He opens the door, and gestures. "If you want to go in...ladies first."