Evil Dead

"Well f... SORRY," Astarte yelled with her eyes squeezed closed and sat on the other side of the bed facing away from them with her face in her hands, shoulders gently shaking.

Stefan ignored all of them unless he recognized a face or a cosmic horror.

"DI Sidon Cyprus-- oh shit!" Sidon pointed hysterically at the thing in the corner. "Who's there?!"

Eve:<Who is it?>

They presumably sod off because privacy is only a thing in this hospital when it's requested.

*Jane turns around, withdrawing her taser & pointing it at the person.*

<Stop, in the name of the law!>

*When they don't do that, she fires. When the wires strike the person, they can see faintly that they're huge & muscular, built almost like a gorilla, but not quite as bulky, especially in the limbs. Whatever they're wearing is covered in white fur. "He" lets out some kind of shriek at them but doesn't stop, tearing away the wires with "his" claws & then swinging them downwards at Jane, who jumps down & to the side. The claws strike Sidon's legs, removing the bindings but leaving deep gashes that are now spraying blood. Jane is, of course, withdrawing her gun.*
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*Lilith watches & waits until everyone else leaves.*

L"It's Senthose, he says that Stefan is coming this way."
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*Not-so-coincidentally, Stefan is coming up on the hospital now.*
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*They sit around for a while, awkwardly.*

Astarte did nothing to relieve the awkwardness, or anything of any sort.

Stefan entered the hospital and approached reception, asking if his peers by the names of 'Azuma Huraka' and/or 'Tirea Aakin' were being treated here and if they were open to visitors.

Sidon screamed out in agony and rolled off of the other side of the slab with his hands pressed to the wounds.

Eve:<Now that hospital security might be useful. Where is Senthose anyway?>

Azuma clenches his fists. He's probably going to rip Stefan's head off.

*Rising to a standing position, Jane fired 3 shots at the beast as it barreled towards her.*

Jane<Shit!>

*She moved to the side, aiming for its head when it turned to make another swipe. However, it bumped her arm with its left, causing her to shoot into the wall. Some dust fell on Sidon as the beast followed through with the attack from its right. Without the benefit of the muzzle flash, he couldn't see the results, but he heard a loud scraping noise followed shortly by something heavy slumping to the floor.*
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Receptionist<If you give me your name, I can check for you.>
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L"I don't see why they'd stop him. Hey, where are you?"

Senthose<Nowhere in specific. I've been masquerading as a homeless person, trying to find a surefire way to take out the priest.>
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N"Well...I guess we should go look for Schreiber, then."

R"Are you sure? Astarte could be right. I mean, I think Ira knows where she is, but there could be some other ploy here. She might not know I'm him."

N"Well, first of all, you're not, & second of all, if that's all it took, why wouldn't he just march in while possessing you & shoot her in the face?"

R"Good point, I guess."

Azuma: "Yeah, who'd stop someone with a penchant for stabbing people?"

"Let's just go," Astarte stood up and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, forcing back on an apathetic look.

"Stefan. Stefan Olligschläger."

Sidon gritted his teeth and tried to apply more pressure to his wounds, then whispered urgently, "June?! I mean- Jane?!"

Eve:<They haven't charged him with anything, however hopefully he can't get back here.>

*Tirea calls the nurse*

*The receptionist eventually knocks on the door.*

Receptionist<Excuse me, but I have a Stefan Olligschläger who wants to see you. He says he's a friend, what should I tell him?>
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*After a loud crash from the creature bumping into the gurney, Sidon sees it peering down at him. In the glow of its eyes, he can see its little mouth opening & closing, exposing small, needle-like teeth. It lets out some kind of high-pitched howl at him.*
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N"Alright."

*Nero grabs his stuff & opens the door. Roatha stands up.*

N"Hey, what do you remember about spying on her?"

R"Not much. She tends to find cameras hidden in her home & office & remove them, but there are always ways to add more. She rarely uses computers, because Ira knows how to use keyloggers & other programs."

N"Where might she be?"

R"Probably somewhere on campus. She never stays anywhere in specific for too long. As you saw, her office was a good place to get ambushed."

N"Wait, you think she was put down there on purpose?"

R"I don't know, maybe."

Tirea:<He's not a friend. Not anything close. Please don't let him near us! I'm afraid he'll try something.>

Azuma goes towards the door, Kentaro grabbing him by the shoulder and pulling him back.

Kentaro: "What the hell are you doing?"

Azuma: "What should have been done awhile ago."

Astarte waited for them to get moving with her arms folded.

Stefan twiddled his thumbs at reception.

Sidon jabbed up one of its eyes with two fingers.

Receptionist<Uh, alright, then.>

L"Well--okay, now that that's done--"

S<Sorry, can't talk.>

*The tone suggests that he hung up, so Lilith puts her phone away. Thiera heads up to Azuma.*

T"(Um, excuse me, but are you sure we can trust your brother with our--shadowy secrets...?)"
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*The receptionist comes back.*

Receptionist<The doctor says we can't disclose that information.>
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*Upon exiting, Nero shuts the door. Seeing a picture of himself & Astarte getting in the shower stuck on the door, he yanks it off.*

N"Seriously?"

R"I don't remember."

N"Whatever, let's just keep going."

*He stops briefly by a trash can, digging out his lighter.*
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*He fails to reach him & ends up unconsciously shifting his weight to his wounded leg, before collapsing in pain.*

Azuma: "Just being here has already put him in danger."

Astarte blushed and glanced at Roatha before self-consciously straightening her shirt.

Stefan mumbled a 'thanks anyway' and went to sit down near the door with his head in his hands.

Sidon reapplied pressure and tried to wriggle away from the red-eyed monster, though he couldn't even tell where he was going.

Eve:<Maybe you should try to convince him to leave the area for a while.>

T"(That's true, but it doesn't help anyone if he has you committed.)"
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*He sees another, smaller pair of red eyes appear above him. They illuminate the shape of a man, with no discernible features, but who appears to be wearing a long cloak & a porkpie hat. Next thing he knows, he's lying on the floor where he was abducted from, his memories hazy. Just as he's thinking it all might have been a dream, he spies the man's shape in the hallway, which turns & walks into Astarte's bedroom.*
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*Nero has now thrown a burning photograph into a trash can.*

N"Alright, just act natural, but walk quickly."

*He sets off at a brisk walk. At the staircase, he looks back to see that Roatha's still shuffling along & raises his hands to his head in frustration.*

N"Fucking--push him, would you?"

Astarte put her hands in her pockets and gave Roatha an ineffectual kick, "Seriously, hurry up."

Stefan approached the receptionist again and asked if he could borrow a pen and paper.

"Hey! Who do you think you are? Get out of my house!" Sidon tried to stand and panicked for a moment, reaching down to press on a wound that apparently wasn't there. He tried to follow the man.

Azuma: "Because what any of us say has ever mattered."

*Eve gets out her phone and texts Astarte and Nero*

Stephan just tried to to see Tirea and Azuma at the hospital. Be careful.

*Roatha barely increases his pace, so Nero comes back to start dragging him along. He also checks his phone.*

N"If Stefan's looking for them, I don't know what they want me to do about it. Unless Grimm is after us--hey, what's with these guys, anyway?"

R"I don't know...but, if I had to guess, Ira somehow convinced them to help him."
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L"Hey, if you want to give up, that's one thing, but don't drag the rest of us down with you."
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*She passes him a pen & paper.*
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*Instead of his daughter's room, he winds up in the gym. The lights flicker weakly, & the gym is suddenly a room with a bed at one wall, a few posters, & a table nearby crowded with assorted junk & a lava lamp. A young man turns towards him & he hears a voice behind him--he could swear it's his wife--say the name "Hector." Then the bulb explodes in a shower of sparks, leaving only enough light to show that he's in the gym.*

Tirea:<Well, I'm not going to sit around and wait to die.>

*She crosses her arms and tries to look tough but fails horribly*