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Dr. H. Griffin

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@DrHGriffin 2 years ago

The old man walked up the stairs of the front of the Society, his cane acting as a third foot. He had been thinking about this very place for some time now. After so many of it's residents had met him and his many failed plans for it were stopped by them, he decided that the more logical decision was not force; Moran's disappearance was clear indication of that.

Going alone was not advisable. Behind him, a small middle-aged consigliere named Talbot hopped eagerly up the step-way, keeping his large umbrella directly above the old man through the rain. The old man had entrusted Talbot with many of his business dealings, partly to do most of the dirty work when he was busy at the college, but mostly because Talbot would be easier to trace.

"Professor," Talbot piped up. "Why must we go here? They've done more harm to us than we have them."

"Exactly." the old man replied. "I'm giving them a choice. If they accept, then I shall never interfere with their business again; but if they refuse, then I shall have my direct attention to them in perpetuity."

"But why not just send me for this inquisition?" Talbot asked. "It would be safer that way."

"True, but I think it appropriate if both sides of the board could meet." the old man replied, looking intently at the door. They had reached the green portal. He nodded to Talbot.

Talbot nodded obediently, and raised the door knocker and thrust it down twice. A few moments later, the door opened, and before the person inside could speak, the old man interjected.

"Professor James Moriarty. I would like to see Dr. Henry Jekyll." the old man told the person in the door, grinning with bent teeth.

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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"I'm sorry," said Lewis, "but he's out at the moment. Anything I might help you with?

"Dr. Lewis Weir, by the by," he added, extending a hand.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Talbot eyed Weir cautiously. Moriarty was confused at this gentleman's obliviousness to him. He thought that either Griffin or Cheshire would have told anyone and everyone at the Soicety. No matter.

"Very well, if Jekyll is not here than I shall talk with the highest authority in this building. Or any available alternative."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Hmm," said Weir, thinking.

Lanyon's not in, either, he reflected silently. Going down the chain of command, that would mean...

"Mz. Hyde," he said. "You'll want Mz. Hyde, our manager. I'll fetch her for you," he offered. "Just a moment."

He shut the door, and disappeared inside.

* * *

Lewis happened upon her in the kitchen.

"Mz. Hyde," he said, "sorry to bother you, but Moriarty just showed up at the front door, wanting to talk. As Jekyll and Lanyon are out, it's with you," he explained.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(( Mz.Hyde ))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

* Lewis found Mz. Hyde with her mouth full of food.*

Murarity?

* Mz. Hyde swallowed.*

Moriarty?

* "Moriarty...Moriarty....why does that name sound so familiar?.......Wait..."*

MORIARTY?! You mean THE Moriarty?! The gang boss?!

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Jekyll1886  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

"The very same," replied Lewis with a grave air. "We may want to inform all the invisible men, as well as Millie. I'd not wish to provoke Moriarty, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw Venus, either."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

But what do we do?! What does he want?!

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Jekyll1886  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

"He wishes to talk. To someone in charge. Beyond that, I don't know. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if this 'talk' consisted of him laying out an ultimatum. Likely a no-win choice."

He sighed.

This entire mess with Moriarty is so terribly unnecessary...and tedious, he thought, beneath the tension he felt.

Ah, well. At least it'll soon come to a head. One way or another.

Privately, he wondered how many people he'd lose this time. Men like Moriarty seemed to spawn collateral damage in their wake.

He returned his attention to Mz. Hyde, who seemed to him to be in a bit of a state.

"Would you prefer I listen to him while you rouse the lodgers?" he asked.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

No...no Lewis. If Moriarty wants to see me, he'll sure as hell will get me. You go get everyone ready for...whatever this is.

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Jekyll1886  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Very well," Weir returned with a nod.

He went to leave the kitchen, but stopped and turned at the door.

"Best of luck, Mz. Hyde," he wished her.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Thank you Lewis.

* After he leaves, Mz. Hyde goes out the kitchen door and into the main hall. She peaks out from behind the curtain to see Moriarty standing there, waiting. She goes over to the doors and puts her hands on the knobs.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

"Showtime."

She pushes the doors open, her head held high, as if she were greeting some normal gent off the street.*

Dr. Moriarty? You wished to see me.

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MillieGriffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(Dr. H. Griffin)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

The door opened revealing a woman of all people. That certainly did confuse Moriarty.

"Professor Moriarty, madam." Talbot corrected her. "My employer wishes to begin negotiations somewhere in private, if you are the highest authority currently in this establishment. Have you any spare rooms we can utilize?"

Hawley Griffin heard a knock at the door. It was particularly early of him to be woken up, especially on a rainy day such as this. Stumbling over to the door, he looked through the eye-hole. It was Weir. He groaned inexorably.

Flinging his dressing gown on, Griffin faced Weir. "What do you want?"

((Jekyll1886))

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Moriarty's at the door; said he wished to speak with Mz. Hyde," Lewis informed him. "Thought you should know."

Weir'd already roused Cheshire and his family, as well as Millie and her uncle. Now that Hawley was in the know, Lewis could start with the rest of the lodgers.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Mz.Hyde then me, then Jekyll1886?))

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

((Sounds good.))

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Check Hangouts!))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(And what should I do? :3)

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

((We'll tag you when needed, just like you said. ;))

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MillieGriffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(This is going to be cool.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

((Agreed and I'm just a bystander watching it all unfold! :DD ))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Okay then, i'm just super excited to be getting involved with one of the bigger plots on the site. X3)

(Also I have to get to bed now, so I won't be replying for good number of hours. But once I get up, and if you need me, then I shall reply as quickly as possible. Goodnight! X3)

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

There are only three of us out here. If the Professor wants to say something to me, he can say it here. And what do you mean "negotiations?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

Moriarty looked to Talbot, their smiles widening.

"And here I thought they were clever." he remarked. Talbot sniggered to himself. He looked back to Mz. Hyde. "There will be more than three of us during this event; whom I shall call upon will depend on the what we agree upon. Now, by negotiations, I use it to describe a period of intercourse that shall decide the future of this very establishment. Now if you really are the highest authority in this building as of now, I suggest you let me in, lest you want everyone in this wreck of a building to suffer the consequences of you're preferences."

"What?! Moriarty?! He's here?!" Griffin exclaimed. "Wha- what is happening?! Is he waging war?!"

For once Griffin was genuinely frightened. Who knows what Moriarty would do to him.

((Jekyll1886, remember to tag the next one...))

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

((Apologies. I was on my phone earlier and it simply won't let me tag people. I'm on the computer now, though, so the next one should be fine.))

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Supposedly, he wants to talk. By which he likely means threaten or blackmail. That, or he wants an excuse to get into the building and learn its layout, if he doesn't already. Possibly all three," posited Weir, equally worried.

"In any case, I'm to rouse the other lodgers in case things escalate. If you could help me, it would cut the time in half."

(( Mz.Hyde ))

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Help you? You. Asking me. For help." Griffin repeated. Maybe it won't be such a bad day after all. "Alright, Weir. But if we run into him, I'm holding you responsible."

Griffin shut the door behind him. "Who are we going for first?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Yes, I imagine you'd hold me responsible if you lost the keys to your own bloody room, Weir thought, unable to completely suppress a slight roll of his eyes.

Yet he put it behind him.

"Take this wing of the building. I'll take the other and the central hall, so you needn't run afoul of the professor."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Griffin did a quick, yet rather sarcastic, handless salute. And ran down the corridor. He'd start with Radcliffe first.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Lewis, meanwhile, crossed to the other wing and set to work.

Every lodger he woke, he appraised of the situation and recruited in helping him--and Hawley--rouse and inform the others.

It wasn't long before the entirety of the Society stood at the ready.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Ariadne woke up to find someone knocking loudly on her door. Opening it, she found Griffin, who told her the situation. Glad to test some new compounds.

Within moments she was running through the corridors with other fellow Lodgers; Maijabi, Luckett, Doddle, Tweedy, you name them. But no Henry. Where was he? Not too long she found Weir in the small crowd.

"Weir, what's happening? Who's with Moriarty?" she asked him. She wasn't nervous, she was determined.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The man hadn't introduced himself to Lewis, but Weir did describe his appearance to Ariadne.

"Aside from that, Dr. Radcliffe, I'm afraid I can't say," apologized Lewis.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Ariadne's eyes flared lilac. She tightened her grip on one of the air-tight vials in her hand.

"We should do something." she told him; trying, and failing, to conceal anger.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Do you know him?" asked Lewis, surprise patent in his expression.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Not precisely." Ariadne replied, looking away from Weir. Should I tell him? Can't be any harm in it. "I know him from someone else. My mentor, Professor Hobbimer. He refused to obey Moriarty's request, and suffered for it. Hobbimer couldn't walk again after it."

Ariadne clenched her teeth. "He wouldn't tell me who was responsible. I understand now that he was trying to protect me."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Weir only partly suppressed a sympathetic wince when Radcliffe recounted Hobbimer's fate.

"Moriarty must be stopped," agreed Lewis, "quite aside from his issues with the Society. Else no scientist will be safe to practice freely."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Ariadne nodded in reply. Her eyes softened back to their natural blue. Thank you, Weir.

"Do we have a plan, at least?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"No, but I suppose the first step would be to round up the scientists and research Moriarty wants and secret them away."

He thought a moment, then smiled.

"I have just the place..."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Where?" she asked curiously.

"Indeed," the Voice of Griffin spoke. "Where, Weir?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I can't say aloud. I don't know what sort of auditory surveillance Moriarty might have on us right now. But it is the safest place I can think of," Lewis assured.

"Now, let's set to work. He wants Jekyll--who's not here right now, thankfully. But Bryson, Kaylock--"

He cut himself off, attention arrested by...nothing, seemingly.

Bloody Hell, he wants Rose, too?! thought Weir, internally indignant.

He shook his head.

"Sorry, as I was saying: We need to get Bryson, Kaylock, Knowles, and of course you, Griffin, out of harm's way."

I'll tend to Cheshire and his family. Bring them, too.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Thanks for the consideration." Griffin replied.

"Shut up, Griffin." Ariadne told him. "What about the rest of us? The Lodgers?"

Her tone wasn't cowardly, it was ready.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Make certain they're cognizant of evacuation routes without actually revealing them to Moriarty. Make certain they know a fight may come, while cautioning them not to tip their hand.

"I've encountered Moriarty's type before. A man like him is cagey.

"This may be a negotiation. It may be an attack. It may be a test of our defenses, technology, social cohesion, and preparedness, so that he can gather intelligence. We must be as ready as we can while giving away as little as we can. I imagine he's testing for weak points, if he doesn't know them already."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Well, I for one am with the evacuation plan." Griffin responded. "Moriarty isn't one for defeat. We should get the less offensive Lodgers out of the Society whilst those that are more combative should stay if hostilities occur."

Ariadne didn't nod. She had here eyes on the door far across the hall.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Lewis turned to see what she was looking at.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Though it was hard to make out, she could see a man, presumably Moriarty; pointing toward them through the doorway. Mz. Hyde was there as well.

"We should get the targeted people out, now." Ariadne told Weir. "Now, now."

"For once, I second that motion." Griffin told them.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

Was it...Hawley who led us here? wondered Weir.

Yes, I suppose it must have been.

...

Hm.

"You know what to do," Lewis whispered to Ariadne.

"This way," he said to Hawley. He led Griffin out of Moriarty's and Talbot's sight, surreptitiously gathering Rose (and her companion, Jamie) on the way.

It wasn't long before they'd rounded up all the particular lodgers Moriarty wanted.

Weir led them to the wing of the building where the safe-hold was not.

We can always go the long way round, he reasoned. Don't need to give Moriarty any more information about this place than necessary.

Once they were in a secluded hallway, he pulled a black cloth from his waistcoat's outer breast pocket.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?! RUN!!" shouted Mz. Hyde from the other end of the room. Ariadne spun round after Lewis and his cabal disappeared round the corner to see her facing the remaining Lodgers. She quickly looked to them.

"Each of you, if you have any form of defensive or offensive capabilities, go to your lodgings and get them." Ariadne told them fast, and they rushed to their rooms. Quickly, she ran to her own.

--

Cheshire, Anna and Matthew followed Weir rather nervously. Cheshire knew of the dangers of staying here, but a maniacal gangster was better than a hell spawn. He had preemptively covered himself entirely in clothing, first in case Moriarty tried to find him and to make sure Griffin didn't notice him.

Griffin meanwhile was staring at Weir's black cloth. "You a magician, Weir? What do you plan to do with that?"

Cheshire stared at the floating dressing gown. Something seemed off. Why would an invisible man, under the threat of Moriarty, not be completely invisible? Cheshire had his reasons, he had his family; but with Griffin... what was his game?

((RBDECEPTICON17))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

Meanwhile, Rose and Jamie followed Weir and Griffin with the other lodgers, the blonde scared and confused next to the taller woman, who was hiding her own worries over what was happening.

But suddenly, Jamie felt a smaller hand intertwining it's fingers with her own, the brunette blushing as she stared down at her and Rose's connected hands.

"Don't let go...please." The blonde pleaded to Jamie, voice quiet and soft.

The older sexologist stared down at her sweet crush for a moment longer than truly necessary, before she quickly looked forward again, blushing brightly, as the two women continued walking together, their hands intertwined for comfort as they did so.

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Jekyll1886  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

This will be the test... thought Lewis, tightening his grip on his walking stick imperceptibly.

"I plan to blindfold you so you won't know the location of the safehouse," he said to Hawley.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Griffin looked around him. One cloth, one blindfolded.

"Aheh... and why just me?" Griffin asked, his hand in his dressing gown pocket. "Oh... I see. You don't trust me. Figures."

Cheshire watched him nervously. Anna looked at him anxiously, whilst Matthew hadn't a clue what was going on.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Honestly...I don't," admitted Lewis.

"But I will if you wear this blindfold," he said, taking a step closer to put it on Hawley.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Aheheh. Aheh. AHAHAHAH!" Griffin laughed. "Oh, this makes what I'm going to do even more justifiable."

Cheshire took a step closer to Griffin as well. Suddenly, Griffin yanked a pistol from his gown pocket, and shot directly into Weir's leg.

((RBDECEPTICON17 ))

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The blonde let out a terrified scream, her hand tightening on Jamie's own, who quickly pulled her poor crush into a protective embrace, as she glared viciously at Griffin.

"What the f*ck are you doing, Griffin?!" Jamie snapped at the traitor, as Rose trembled and whimpered in her arms.

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Jekyll1886  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Weir made an almost inhuman sound of pain and rage as he began to fall to the floor.

On his way down, he swung his heavy-headed walking stick at Hawley, aiming between the throat and third eye chakras.

He hit the invisible man square in the face.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Griffin toppled to the floor, his hand still on the pistol. He let out a sound of pain, but it was more of inconvenience. Cheshire quickly tried to lunge at Griffin, to try to take the pistol off him, but Griffin was quicker.

The floating revolver cocked itself, it's barrel pointed directly at Cheshire's head. Griffin noticed the small boy, presumably the son; as blood dribbled out of his nose, becoming visible as it coagulated. He'll do.

"Come here, little boy." Griffin called. Anna clung to Matthew, refusing to let him go. Cheshire stepped in front of Matthew.

"Don't you dare, Griffin." Cheshire threatened. "Don't you dare talk to my son."

Griffin turned to look at Jamie and Rose. He pointed to the blond with his sleeve. "You, come here."

((RBDECEPTICON17 ))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose whimpered in fear into the older sexologist's chest, as Jamie growled at Griffin, while her embrace tightened around the terrified blonde that she loved.

"Stay. Away. From Rose." The brunette growled out.

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Jekyll1886  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Weir collapsed to the floor.

Again.

Hawley'd done it again.

Not only that...Moriarty would get...everything he wanted.

And there was nothing Lewis could do...

...or...was there?

I'll not. Lose everyone. Again, he silently vowed.

"Bugger you, Griffin," he growled out from the ground, voice and muscles taut with rage.

He raised his head to look at Hawley. The darker part of his iris seemed larger in the dim light; his gaze burned both hotter and colder at once as it bored into Griffin.

Weir was looking him directly in the eye.

"This is far from over."

With that, Lewis sank into the darkness of his own shadow, and vanished from the hall.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Griffin looked at Weir sink into the darkness. Seems like everyone's got some special powers.

"Anyway..." Griffin replied haltingly. "Time to get all of you outside! Moriarty is waiting."

"Why, Griffin?" Cheshire asked. "Why do this?"

"Aheheh... I lied about my escape. After weeks inside the warehouse that Moriarty kept me in, I came to realise something quite fundamental: never play with the losing side. Moriarty's criminal enterprise is vast, spanning the entire city. You really think you stand a chance against him? So, the day he first visited me, I told him I was willing to join him, and bring all the pieces of research at his feet; in exchange, he would leave me alone. He agreed. Of course, not straight away."

Griffin strained at something on his back.

"He had to make sure I wasn't lying. But, once I had convinced him, he only asked one thing of me: to become invisible. The resources I had only allowed me to make a permanent compound, the same that was taken from me a few months ago..."

Griffin looked over at Cheshire. He knew who he was, it was obvious.

"And so I was sent back to the Society, acting on his orders to wait until he showed up at the door; and accompany those who are required if they tried to escape and bring them to him. The rest, as they say, is history."

(( RBDECEPTICON17 ))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"You and this Moriarty bloke sound perfect for each other." Jamie taunted, grinning harshly at Griffin, while Rose slowly turned her head to look at the invisible traitor, her body trembling and her emerald eyes filled with tears.

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Jekyll1886  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

"Charricthran, I need you!" shouted Lewis as he tumbled through the Other.

Weir landed in Helen's room, emerging from the pool of shadow cast by her desk.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Easy, kid, 'm on my way. Heard that Mz. Hyde kid shoutin' and started watchin' just in time for the fireworks."

Charricthran threw his voice after Lewis, the sound the harbinger for the man's own arrival. He pulled his way out of the desk's shadow like one might pull themselves out of a pool, tension evident as feathers formed and rolled back into his skin like dewdrops.

"Talk fast, give me a plan faster, intel fastest. Time's melting away fast as I am, I think."

He cast a quick glance around the room, tasting copper on the back of his tongue.

Still standing, still relatively safe. The real problems occur when you can't run and all that.

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Helen Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago

Helen jumped back from the desk, her eyes going wide at the sudden appearance of the two visitors. The book she had pulled from its shelf had tumbled out of her hand and onto the floor.

"Lewis...? What...?"

She paled as her gaze locked on his leg.

"Oh my God, you're bleeding--!"

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

"I need you," he said to Charricthran, "to get some people to safety, out of Moriarty's reach. I know you can only take so many.

"Millie and the Griffin who hasn't shot me are outside the building and on the roof."

I doubt he likes being betrayed by Hawley, either. I hope I'm right.

"Jekyll and Lanyon were at a social function, but are in the Society's carriage by now. I know it well, and can guide you."

"Those four, plus Helen and me. We need to get to Glasgow--anywhere in Glasgow--and regroup," he finished, weary desperation in his eyes.

"If you can do that...that's enough.

"If you feel up to more afterward...tail Moriarty--where he's based, what he's doing, how soon he'll do it.

"If not...I'll understand."

He let out a breath, wincing at the pain.

"That's all I have."

((Tairais ))

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Charricthran nodded, a flicker of sympathetic weariness crossing his own features for a half-second.

It wasn't the time for sympathy, though, and so it was gone as quick as it had arrived, replaced by weaponized somberness and a terrifying, sharktoothed grin.

"Enough it'll be, an' the more." He flashed a quick glance towards Helen, toning down the severity of his expression for the sake of politeness.

"Grab a hand an' lead on, then. Should be able to warp an' make everyone fit. 'F not, the coat tails'll work- same material as the rest'a me, after all."

He glanced at Lewis out of the corner of his eye. "'Spose killin' the child-one's outta the question, yeah?"

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 2 years ago

((Helen Jekyll ))

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Helen Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago

As Charricthran spoke, Helen set to removing her pillow from its case, barely registering the words.

She crouched by Lewis and quietly offered the piece of fabric, eyes searching him with concern. "Here, you really need to stop the bleeding..."

A thrill of alarm went through her when the feathered visitor spoke of 'killin' the child-one' but she kept silent, biting her lip.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"'Child-one'?" echoed Lewis, confused.

He turned to Helen.

"Thank you," he said, voice filled with gratitude.

It wasn't long before he'd turned the case into a makeshift pad; he tied it with the black cloth he'd intended to use as Hawley's blindfold.

"Take Charricthran's hand," he encouraged her, doing so himself.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Moriarty," he said, with a calm that all but dripped hidden venom.

"Y'see, children are different than kids. 'S a language thing. Bit too complex ta explain at the moment."

He held out his unoccupied hand for Hela to take, wiggling his fingers almost humorously.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 2 years ago

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Helen Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago

Helen flashed a timid smile and rose, taking his hand after a moments hesitation.

"So, instead of some distant planet... we'll be headed to Glasgow?"

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis nodded, trusting Charricthran to fill them in later.

"We'll be safe there," he said to them. "I've seen to it." He hoped Helen would take his meaning.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

He waited until "Hold tight, you two. Next stop, the roof!"

Going up was always easier than going sideways. They didn't so much jump as they blurred at the edges, bleeding into the sky above them.

It took him half a dozen breaths to find Griffin and pull the three of them towards him, stepping through the air to land behind her with a softly audible 'thud'.

"Griffin, good to see ya. Everything's gone to shite. Where's Millie?"

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

Upon hearing the dull thud the watery silhouette spun around and aimed the sniper rifle at the trio in a knee jerk reaction, but seeing who it was he lowered the weapon slightly.

"What the!?" he hissed, looked back to see if Moriarty had spotted him, thankfully not, "Get behind something." then shoved the three behind a chimney using the side of his rifle to herd them back.

"What in hell's name are you all doing up here? Do you want to give away my position?" the drenched invisible man angrily whispered.

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Helen Jekyll  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Spotting the gun, Helen moved without thinking, placing herself in between the weapon and Lewis.

It wasn't until Griffin lowered that she realized what she had done and flushed, turning to speak to Lewis...

...only to stumble as she was shoved.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Lewis had been about to move to cover Helen, when he saw she was moving to cover him, and Charricthran to cover them both.

Weir was doubly moved in a different way at the sight.

Yet he had to focus on the task at hand.

"Hawley's betrayed us," he whispered to Millie's uncle, gaze lighting briefly on his own wounded leg.

"We're engaging in a strategic retreat. Come if you like. Stay if you don't."

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Choose sooner rather than later, yeah? I can do a lot o' things, but erasing memories ain't one o' em. Someone sees us, we start burning bridges faster'n I can build em."

He cast a quick glance at their shadows on the rooftop, watching as they rippled at the edges like sunlight underwater, calling, beckoning with a siren's song.

Unsurprisingly, the silhouette of his wings had spread when he'd angled himself to be a barrier for Lewis and Helen.

Typical. A guardian... huh.

"You're my guardian angels now! You'll keep me safe, right?"

Of course he would, he said to the voices of the past, they were family. That's what they'd do.

Oh, how history loved to repeat itself. So long as the ending changed, even if only a little, he would be glad.

A chance to say goodbye would be ni- Now's not the time, featherbrain. You have to move.

He flicked his gaze back in the general direction of Griffin and held out a hand, grin twitching back into place.

"An' if you could point me towards Millie's way so we could extend the offer to her as well, that'd be nifty. Can't think for all the racket."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

When Lewis told him about Hawley's betrayal and showed him the wounded leg Griffin was silent, it hadn't really surprised him in the slightest that his other self would do something like this (especially after the fight between them), but for some reason something about this left a bad taste in his mouth. He stood there pondering for a painfully long moment through the other's talk before snapping back to reality and speaking again, as the grip on his rifle tightened.

"Hm..? Millie is on the ground checking around the building for bombs or traps traps she hadn't already laid." He was silent again as he glanced back to where Moriarty was then back to them, "Get her and whoever else you're planning on taking first... and get me last, understand? and don't tell me you can't, just do it. I'll even move to the back of the roof for you but just do it." he ordered in an authoritative whisper.

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Helen Jekyll  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

A short flash of rage shadowed her face at hearing what Hawley had done.

I am going to tear that man apart with my bare hands, came a thought and she blinked, shaking her head slightly to clear it.

"How are you doing, Lewis?" She asked quietly as she regained control of herself, looking to his leg before meeting his gaze again, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

"Yes," Lewis replied to Helen. "When we get where we're going."

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Then let's get a-moving. Take care not to shoot from the same place twice an' all that, Griffin. You know how it goes, I wager."

Charricthran gave the man a half sort-of-salute and spun on his heel, grabbing Lewis and Helen's hands as they strode back into the inky water-like depths of the shadows.

With a general idea of where to search, he found an approximately-Millie-shaped shadow on the ground and threw the three of them like a harpoon towards the shadow of a nearby street lamp-- exiting someone else's shadow at that speed would be a nasty surprise at best.

As it was, their trip rapidly blurred and warped at the edges. For several moments it seemed as if all things might disintegrate, thereby causing them to lose some integral part of themselves.

Fortunately, though his stomach buzzed with the beginnings of nausea, Charricthran managed to safely steer them away from such a fate.

This sort of speed was risky with so many people, but did they really have a choice when every passing second meant a new chance for things to go wrong?

They hurtled out of the streetlamp's shadow and landed with a series of quiet thuds, the halting of movement more like crashing into a pond than anything.

He spared only a second's glance to check on the wellbeing of Lewis and Helen, another second to check for Moriarty and his minions, and a third and final second to make sure he wasn't about to ooze at the edges.

Once all those things were certain, he delivered his rapidfire whispering piece to Millie:

"Millie! Good to see ya, I'm gonna give the same speech to you that I gave your uncle- Everything's gone to shite and we're blowin' this joint. Now take my hand an' let's move, if you would."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 2 years ago

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago

Millie had evidently already long finished looking for bombs and was just finishing up the setting of various traps for anyone foolish enough to try to surround the house. She had just set a tripwire when the three had suddenly appeared, thankfully missing the traps she set, but startling Millie for a very brief moment before she recognised them.

Once Millie had heard Charricthran's little speech she quickly looked around for her uncle, "Wait, what about Griffin, Isn't he coming?" she rapidly replied in a whisper.

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Helen Jekyll  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Helen stayed silent, casting a nervous look around them before trying again to tend Lewis, a touch shaken from all the traveling through shadows.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Your uncle requested to be last," answered Lewis.

"Come. Time is of the essence."

He clasped hands with Helen, cane tucked under his arm.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Couldn'ta put it better myself." Charricthran said.

He paused, then spun on his heel to face Lewis and Helen. He looked at each of them in turn as he spoke rapidly, the words all but overlapping as the different

"Lewis, I need you to start reachin' towards the carriage s'best you can. Helen, I know you're worried, but tendin' ta him while we're all at risk of bein' huckled, shot, or otherwise inconvenienced ain't gonna help."

He spun back to face Millie and grabbed both her and Helen's hand with another grin. The tails of his coat hadn't even settled back down before he took a single running step back towards the shadow of the lamp.

"Hang tight, then!"

This time, he fancied he could hear the rush of wind over the grass in The Other, his sanctuary ever calling.

Too close, too close. He had to stick to the Shifting Paths, or they'd all be stuck. This many people in The Other would be the opposite of helpful or safe.

He shoved all his body weight to the left, narrowly missing... someone in the process. Everything was blurring, rushing, pressing at the seams and entirely to close to sickening. There was a buzzing pressure in his chest and still he kept running.

"Think fast, Weirmrith. Can't pretend not to hear the warnin' bells forever."

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis did his damnedest to focus on the interior of the carriage. He'd climbed in it before, just to see what it was like. He recalled the plushness of its seats, the softness of its leather, the faint but lingering smell of peppermint, the ever-present shadow just under the rear bench...

That was all it took.

Jekyll and Lanyon suddenly found the number passengers in the carriage had tripled.

In the briefest possible terms, Weir informed them what had happened, and that they had to go. Now.

There was a bit of protestation, but they soon acquiesced.

Lewis gave a nod to Charricthran.

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Charricthran cautioned everyone against letting go for the umpteenth time and threw them all backwards. They skipped along blurred lines and faded colors and flew back into sound and light at dizzying speeds.

Charricthran found himself pulled in many directions as he held on to his five passengers. The Other was hungry, he was hungry. The Other was riding an adrenaline high, and it left him shaking and thrilled.

And soon, the Other faded into the background. Rather than fade away himself, he found himself abruptly halted and on the roof again, the six of them somewhat crowded behind the chimney.

He noted the chaos below and wasted no time on words, merely tightened his grip on the other five traveling with him, flashed an expression equal parts grimace and smile, then began to run.

A percussive crescendo built as he crossed the roof. He rapidly shifted his grip as they ran, looping his right arm through Helen's so that he could grab Millie's Griffin with their momentum.

Another handful of steps allowed him to actually carry through with this motion. He spared a fervent prayer to the universe that Griffin wouldn't drop his d*mn rifle in the Other, or accidentally shoot anyone else in the leg.

He sped off the edge of the roof and unfurled a massive pair of wings with feathers that seemed as if they would blot the sun. Indeed they would have, were they not translucent and rippling like the play of moonlight on the ocean floor.

Things happened in rapid succession then, building towards a finale he could only hope was kind.

-They fell and picked up speed.

-He wrapped his wings around those at the end of the chain of interlocked hands.

-They hurtled towards the ground at alarming speed.

-He angled their dive towards the shadow of the carriage and prayed to all the gods he might have once believed in.

They fell, and they picked up speed.

Glasgow's reflection greeted them with the taste of soot and ash as they hurtled through chimneys and careened through walls and furniture alike.

In the distance, he could hear a faint screech as it grated and echoed against the murky backdrop.

Wonderful.

He steered them further away from the Amuulzhaanir and their hungry curiosity and instead pulled them into an alleyway that danced on the fringes of memory.

Ah, of course it would be here. So long as they avoided the pub this time, all would be well. Better, at least.

They fell into sound and color and light suspended on dust. His wings vanished once more, some feathers scattering like smoke in the wind, others melting back into his skin.

All things within him sighed a breath of relief. All things within him were still.

And then nausea hit him with a sock filled with bricks. He swallowed it down, lest he inadvertently melt someone's toes off...

Again.

An easy grin pushed its way onto his features out of habit.

"Welcome to Glasgow. Everyone all right? Bit o' a fast trip for you first timers, my apologies to ya."

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 2 years ago

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

((Helpful things:

Historic map of Glasgow, with location of alley/"close" marked:

http://digital.nls.uk/learn...

Historic photograph of said close (scroll down to "Plate 20"):

http://digital.nls.uk/learn...

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago

Millie finally let go of Charricthran's hand as he said that, still a little miffed that he would just abruptly take her like that but I was quite understandable. She smelt blood coming off of Griffin and Weir, seeing as Lewis was already being tended to by Helen she immediately went to Griffin's aid, only to be shoved away from him.

"Not now..." her uncle growled between clenched teeth. The events of the day and the current cold, wet, and wounded state he was in had made him more irritable. Clutching the barrel of his rifle in one hand and his wounded arm in the other, he strode up to Lewis with no regard for Helen or any of the others.

"Well Weir, where do we go from here, do you even have a plan of action beyond this point?"

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Thank you, Charricthran," said Lewis to his friend.

"Naturally," Weir replied to Griffin.

"Helen..." he then said, turning to her, "be a darling and help me up, would you?"

To the rest of them, he declared:

"We're going to the Tontine. I can coordinate things better from there."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Helen had positioned herself so she was standing with half her body between Griffin and Lewis, keeping her wary gaze on the armed man.

"Of course," She said to Lewis's request and turned to assist him, the entirety of her focus shifting to helping him stay on his feet.

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Tairais  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Everything buzzed at the edges, whispering and beckoning. The Other reached through the shadows lingering at the edges and bade him welcome if only he would return-

Charricthran watched the proceedings with an easy grace and watchful eyes of his own. The only sign he was slightly off-kilter himself was the less than solidness of his form, his skin 'pale' as it tried to reach back into the shadows.

Despite that, he spoke calmly, if a bit somberly still- the day's events had caught him off guard, and he could only hope Richard and Elias managed to avoid it all. They'd enough grief recently.

"I'll stay with the lot of you 'till then. Need half a moment ta recover, maybe longer. If I can still feel where things should be relatively, I'll head back and do what I can."

No telling what could happen to them. He'd see the ones Lewis wanted safe were just so, and then he could go. Maybe.

Everything buzzed at the edges, whispering and beckoning. The edges of his vision blurred and bled color and light, somewhere Between two forms of awareness.

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago

Griffin nodded in acknowledgment to Wier's decoration, turned visible again, then motioned Millie to come to him

"Well then let's go."

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"Thanks," Lewis said to Helen, leaning on her and his cane.

"By the by, Charricthran...feel free to pop in into my shadow for a bit if you need to. Rest assured," he said with a faint but knowing smile, "Glasgow shan't harm us."

Griffin spoke.

"This way," said Weir. "There's a tram not far."

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They settled into their rooms at the Tontine Hotel--Jekyll and Lanyon in one, Millie and her uncle in another, Lewis and Helen in a third. Charricthran's whereabouts were left to his own discretion.

A doctor arrived to tend the injured.

Even in the midst of treatment, Weir wrote letters at a furious pace.

He dispatched messengers to distribute them across the city.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Helen hovered around Lewis, staying out of the way but still close enough to assist if needed.

She swallowed back her growing sense of unease and searched for something to busy herself with in the room, not wishing to stand idle.

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Tairais  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Charricthran had (somewhat) returned Lewis' smile, then wandered the hotel for a time. Shortly thereafter, instinct kicked in and demanded that he ensure everyone under his charge was safe and tended for, memories he couldn't be bothered to suppress flitting along the fringes of awareness like so many butterflies.

He'd then somewhat discreetly made sure that no, his paranoia was not justified this one particular time, then slipped into the shadow of something nearby. A sofa, maybe. He wasn't quite able to tell.

Exchanging paranoia for overthinking, he analyzed every facet of Lewis' offer, coming up with arguments and counter arguments, exceptions for both those, loopholes and optimism in turn.

Was Lewis being kind or was he offering out of a sense of obligation? Was it a trap? Was there something he was forgetting? Was the smile fake? Around and around his mind went in circles, and all the while he could feel himself fraying.

Eventually, he came to a rather logical conclusion of 'f*ck it,' and decided he was being rather silly. Lewis was a man of his word, and he'd done nothing to warrant false kindness as far as he knew.

He reached upwards towards Lewis' shadow and settled in like the impression of a blanket over the shoulders. After a handful of moments, he could almost say he fell asleep; Time seemed to pass him by with no more than a fondly amused glance, leaving him to stitch himself together in peace, with nothing more than the sound of writing and breathing keeping him anchored in the water.

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

In the Griffins's room after the doctor had finished taking a look at his arm and left, Millie's Uncle sat in a large arm chair invisible again in front of the fire. his invisible clothes were hanging on the mantle to dry, all he had on him was a thick blanket he'd wrapped himself in.

Millie sat on the hearth with another blanket wrapped around her as well, her coat hung next to Griffin's clothes. She sat silently as she watched her uncle.

He for the most part stayed quiet in the chair, with the occasional fast paced pacing of the room for a few minutes before sitting back down a while more, before he repeated the ritual again.

Despite how worried she was all too familiar with this behavior from him to know it was better not to speak when he was like this.

Gradually the breaks in the chair became more and more brief utile the chair was ultimately abandoned, and as he would pace back and forth he began mumbling to himself (mostly it was swearing to himself). Finally he'd had enough of the room and left, dropping the blanket as he opened the door and with a slam Millie was left alone by the fire.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Griffin shrugged. "He's a man of vision. Ambition. I admire that. I once thought I could make an empire, but I knew it couldn't work. Empires fall."

Cheshire took a step forward. "Let my family go, Griffin. We're not accountable to you."

"No," Griffin told him. "They're not. But you are, thief."

"For goodness sake Griffin," Bryson piped in. "He's done nothing to you, let him go."

"Oh, really?" Griffin asked, rather pompously. "Let's put it to the test then."

Griffin went to Cheshire and unraveled the scarf, fake hair and hat from his head, revealing an empty space. Invisible, like Griffin.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose stared wide eyed at Cheshire in shock, yet Jamie's expression didn't waver even once at what had been revealed to them all by Griffin, her expression remaining harsh and vicious against the treacherous invisible man.

"Stop this, Griffin...you don't have to do this." The blonde pleaded to the other lodger, fearing that things were about to get worse.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Yes, I do." Griffin replied to the blonde. "Do you have any idea what will happen if I don't retrieve you to Moriarty?"

"Better you than us." Cheshire told him.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"You can go to Hell if you think i'm letting you take Rose, Griffin." Jamie growled out towards the traitor.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Griffin pointed the pistol at Jamie's leg.

"Do I really have to make an example?" Griffin asked. "Hand her over, I won't harm her. Unless you do something stupid."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose's eyes widened, as she quickly looked up at Jamie, who stared back down at her, still hesitant to give her crush up even with a gun pointed at her leg.

"Jamie please...let me go with him...I don't want you to get hurt." She pleaded.

The brunette stared into Rose's pretty emerald eyes, both of them silent, as if a conversation were happening with their expressions alone.

And after a moment, Jamie let out a sigh of defeat, and then let Rose go. The blonde gave her a small yet reassuring smile, before she walked over to Griffin, the smile falling as she did so.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Griffin chuckled at the sickening display of whatever ship they were sailing. As soon as Rose was close enough, Griffin yanked Rose by the hand, slipped his arm under her throat, and placed the gun directly to her temple.

"Now," Griffin told them. "Let's go. Preferably the storeroom entrance."

Cheshire and his family didn't move. Griffin looked at them. "You too, thief. Moriarty wanted a word with you. Something about smashing a bottle into his forehead... Move!"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose whimpered in fear, yet she tried her best to ignore the urge to kick Griffin where the sun don't shine.

"J-Jamie...i-im scared." The poor blonde shakily uttered to her crush, who was glaring daggers at the b*sterd.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Good, that'll make it fun." Griffin thought aloud. "Now, I want each of you to form a line, and go down to the storeroom entrance. If anyone does anything that would hamper my plan, then this girl then each of you will get a number 22 in the skull. Understood?"

Though Cheshire knew he was going, he would at least get his family out. "Griffin, let my wife and son go. They're not part of this, they've done nothing to wrong you."

"Aheh, if I let them go, thief, then they'll find help! Can't allow that. Now, move!"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Do as he says!" Jamie shouted at the others, before she began to walk to the storeroom entrance, her heart racing in her chest.

She wasn't going to lose Rose, nor would she let her suffer such a cruel death at her age.

The poor blonde could only look at the others remaining, silently pleading for them to do the same as Jamie, tears filling her eyes as she trembled against Griffin.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire moved along, his wife and son in his arms. He wouldn't lose them either. Griffin and Rose in tow were at the back.

"Wonder why Moriarty wanted you... Can't see anything worth taking. What do you do?" Griffin asked Rose.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"S-Sexology...b-but i've never m-met Moriarty...I-I don't know w-why he wants me." The poor blonde shakily answered, as tears ran down her face, as she watched Jamie walking along in front of them. Her little heart fluttered at how unafraid her crush appeared to be.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Sexology, eh? Interesting." Griffin responded. The group finally reached the Main Hall. They could see Mz. Hyde's barricade, a faint knock at the door and the gruff voice of a policemen. "Looks like Moriarty's got the troops lined up. Quicken your pace, we need to get to the storeroom."

They all made their way down through the kitchen, and finally to the storeroom door. Bryson and Jasper looked around. Cheshire wasn't frightened, he'd dealt with Moriarty before, he could do it again. He was just frightened for his family.

"Now," Griffin began, still holding onto Rose. "Each of you stay behind me. If so much as a toe goes out line, she'll be the first. Understand?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie simply nodded in agreement, before she threw a soft and reassuring look towards the poor blonde, who smiled sweetly back at her crush.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Griffin moved quickly to the storeroom door, opened it, and moved inside. The others followed slowly. The door to the outside alleyway was already open. There was someone there.

"Dr. Hawley Griffin." Moriarty greeted.

"Professor James Moriarty." Griffin returned. He dragged Rose out into the alleyway. The others again followed. "Brought a few more along. I take it you know the thief?"

Cheshire stood looking at Moriarty, his hands firmly around Anna and Matthew. Moriarty smiled.

"Yes. What you did hurt, Cheshire." Moriarty told him. "If you had just given me what I asked back there, then I wouldn't have taken Griffin, and none of this would've happened. At least not yet, anyway. Right, each of you are to follow me. Give me the revolver, Griffin, and release Miss. Knowles."

Griffin gave it to him, and let go of Rose.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Not again! DX )

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Ah, I had an inkling that you would have people waiting for the right moment in the hedges. My position still stands: if the Professor wants to say something to me, he can say it here.

* Mz.Hyde looks at Moriarty square in the eye, her face calm and unwavering.*

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Jekyll1886  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Moriarty sighed, this was going to be a long evening outside. Talbot stared fixedly at Mz. Hyde.

"As I hope you know," Moriarty began. "A certain number of your residents here are acquainted with me. Some more than others. What I wish, and hopefully without any disagreement; is the research of a Dr. Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Jasper Kaylock, and Mr. Nicholas Bryson. With immediate effect. Have I missed any out, Talbot?"

"Yes, sir." Talbot quickly, rummaging around in his case. "I believe we are also here for a Miss. Rose Knowles; she was connected with the Venom incident."

"Ah, yes. Her as well, if you please." Moriarty told her, knowing full well what her response would be.

((Jekyll1886, I think I'll split the Griffin side to your side of the conversation.))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

What's the "Venom Incident?" And what are you planning to do with all of that research?

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"A woman; no concern of your's." Moriarty bluntly replied. "As to what I plan to do with all of this research; I intend to use them to further an empire. My empire."

He stepped closer. "And if you do not give me those pieces of information; and Miss Knowles, then I'm afraid the repercussions of your refusal will be great. Not just for you; but for the rest of your Society."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

I'm sorry sir, but I do not have the authority to give you the research of other scientists. Only they have the right to give out information on their research.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Then call them to come here, with their research." Moriarty sternly told her. "And if they do not come, especially Griffin, then I'll make certain that they will be placed at my feet with or without their volition. Understood?"

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Wellllll I could call them down.....buttttttttt everyone's probably asleep now; being the middle of the night and all....plus, these guys have worked on their research for like, ever! Just think of allllll the journals and papers and notes they would have to lug down here! It could be HOURS before they get down here! I don't know about you, but I don't want to be here all night.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

"Glad we can agree on something." Moriarty replied with a smile. "I don't want you to be here all night; I want you to just go get the people that I want, get them to bring their research, and then I leave with their research. Plain and simple."

"And besides, Miss..." Talbot began, checking a paper from his pocket. "Oh, apologies, Mz. Hyde; but I can clearly see many of your fellow residents standing on the other side of the hall."

Talbot pointed over to the other side of the room, where a small crowd of Lodgers were gathered.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Was Talbot about to say something about Rose?)

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

((No, unfortunately. You should really be looking at the Weir-Radcliffe side, that's where Rose is.))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Good point. X3)

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Huh?

* She turns and looks through the window to see the small crowd of lodgers. On seeing them, her face turns completely white as she mouths, "What the fuck are you doing?!" to them. She turns back to Moriarty. *

S-so it appears! Haha!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Yes." Moriarty haltingly replied. "If you could bring those I require down here. Now."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Yes, of course! Just give me one little second!~

* She quickly opens the door and slips in and closes it and locks it. She then turns around and just...stares at the Lodgers, as if her brain needs a moment to process everything. For a brief second, the world is silent. And then, Mz. Hyde loses it.*

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?! RUN!!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Moriarty, as soon as he heard her shout, nodded to Talbot, who reached in and shut the door. Within seconds, they were descending the Society steps.

"Get the bloody police here, Talbot." Moriarty told him. "I'll send a message to the Home Secretary, hopefully he cares enough for his son as much as he told me. Rest assured, we'll have them. Now, go."

Talbot quickly ran off for the nearest police station down a few streets away. Moriarty stayed by the street, checking his watch. Wonder what's taking him...

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* As the Lodgers ran down the opposite hallway, Mz. Hyde started to panic as she saw Talbot ran off.*

Oh God, he's probably getting back up! Oh, whatdoIdowhatdoIdo?! Barricade! Yes! Defense! But with what?!

* Mz. Hyde frantically scans the main hall for something to block the door. Thankfully, with a hall full of items for the exhibition, there were many choices.*

A sarcophagus! Perfect!

* She runs over to the fancy coffin and stands behind it.*

If anyone's in this thing, I'm really sorry for doing this, so, please don't curse me or anything, please?

* With a big push, the sarcophagus is on it's side and the first thing to block the doors. Next, came an assortment of tables, chairs, display cases, and finally, to hold up the entire blockade, a paper clip. Now finished, Mz. Hyde draws her needle and arms it with a poisonous thread. She stands behind the barricade, her body bracing for a fight.*

I don't care what happens to me, as long as I can hold them off long enough for everyone to escape, I'll be fine.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Talbot hired a cab and went his way to the nearest station. If Moriarty's plan were to work, his promotion would be imminent. Now, he knew an Inspector, Thompson. He'd be willing to listen.

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Moriarty heard a loud rumble from behind the Society door. A barricade, obviously.

"Doubt that'll stop the police." Moriarty told himself.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(At this point she's just waiting, feel free to time skip if you'd like!)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

((Well, I'll wait a tad for the other side.))

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Talbot ran from the carriage through the rain and into the dry police station. Now, thought Talbot; Thompson's office is on the third floor. Talbot speed walked through the constables and sergeants milling around, finally reaching the third floor. Thompson's office was in sight, but Thompson wasn't in his office: he was outside it, reading something.

"Thompson!" Talbot shouted. Thompson didn't react. "Thompson?!"

Inspector Thompson looked up and walked briskly toward Talbot. He pushed him roughly. "You honestly think I don't know what you're up to, Talbot?"

He showed him what he was reading. A letter. "This arrived not three minutes ago. It's from the Home Secretary! Telling me that I need to immediately arrest and search the Society of Arcane Sciences! Perhaps you would care to explain?"

"Look, Thompson, just do as you're told." Talbot told him firmly, and began walking away. "I'll meet you outside with the rest of your little cabal."

"Don't think I don't know who you're working for, Talbot!"

"And that's precisely why you'll do as you're told."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Nothing to say here!)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Within ten minutes or so, Inspector Thompson had gathered fifty men and brought them outside to the awaiting Black Marias. No one had questioned this. Talbot was waiting in one of them, and sure enough they made their way to the Society.

Within another ten minutes, they were passing the corner of it, directly into the sight of Griffin.

((MillieGriffin))

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MillieGriffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

As soon as Griffin saw the Black Maria from behind his chimney he aimed carefully and pulled the trigger.

A bullet whizzed through the air and into the flank of one of the horses. It whinnied in anguish as it bucked and kicked with it's good hind leg, causing the second horse to wear back in alarm and another bullet whizzed into the side of the back of it's neck. The second horse fell sideways, going under the stampeding hooves of it's maddened companion tripping it, the first horse let out another neigh in surprise as it too went over sideways, the carriage jackknifed and the second horse went under a wheel, the carriage tipped over and rolled onto it's side, then it's back, then to it's other side, it skidded on the wet muddy road as it did so dragging and flipping the horses and whatever was holding onto it. When it finally stopped it's movement it had become a barrier for the other Black Marias.

Griffin reloaded the gun feeling a tad bit satisfied of how that went, as he did he looked down to check if Moriarty had seen him.

"Sh*t!" he hissed in alarm and moved to evad.

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MillieGriffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

(Mz.Hyde)

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Mz.Hyde Mod  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

* The minutes after she barricaded the doors and set up another extra defense were eerily quiet. It seemed as if time had stopped as Mz. Hyde waited for the police to bang on that door. The waiting was driving her mad, she just wanted to get this over with! Suddenly, a gunshot rang through the air from somewhere on the roof, jolting her into the moment.

They're here.*

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Jekyll1886  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

((Dr. H. Griffin ))

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Talbot was in the front carriage when it flipped over. The officers inside all flung about the wooden box with him until it came to a stop. Talbot was cushioned by the unconscious body of a constable. Talbot crawled out and realised that this flipped carriage had effectively made a road block for the others.

"Get out, all of you!" Thompson cried, jumping down from the driver's seat of one of them. "Get to it on foot!"

Like a squad in the military, the officers hopped out of the Marias and marched to the Society. Talbot noticed Moriarty leaning on one of the Society's boundary pillars.

"Took you long enough," Moriarty told him. "There's a sniper on the roof. He has Moran's gun, judging by the accuracy. But he's not our concern. Where exactly is the storeroom entrance, Talbot?"

((MillieGriffin))

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MillieGriffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

Griffin watched as Moriarty and Talbot split off from the squad of officers to head to the side of the building as the gang of officers approached the front.

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MillieGriffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

(Mz.Hyde)

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

((Mz.Hyde ))

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Dr. H. Griffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Thompson, leading the offices, rapped loudly on the door.

"Open up. Open up! This is the police!" Thompson roared. "Surrender quickly and there needn't be any hostilities!"

He tried open the door, but it wouldn't budge. Either locked or barricaded. Thompson nodded to one of the officers, who procured a stick of dynamite. Thompson moved out of the way as the constable placed it carefully in the large keyhole, and lit the fuse.

All the police moved down the stairs and waited for the explosion to happen.

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Moriarty and Talbot walked briskly to the right side of the building, slipping into the narrow alleyway. Moriarty suddenly stopped, putting an arm in front of Talbot.

"Watch your step, Talbot." Moriarty told him. "Something's off here."

Moriarty went first, dodging a sort of puffed mass on the ground, then a ring of metal which was obviously a bear trap; and finally jumping over a pressure pad. He signaled Talbot over.

Talbot dodged the puffed mass, but he put his food in the ring of metal. A whine of rusty metal clamped around Talbot's leg, piercing right into his muscles. He screamed in agony. Talbot was trapped.

"Professor, please, help me!" Talbot pleaded, trying to pry the teeth out. But it was no use. Moriarty just stared at him contemptuously, and turned to the storeroom door. "Professor! Don't leave me! Professor!"

Moriarty ignored Talbot's pleads, and opened the storeroom door. Nobody there. So he would wait.

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RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(Oooooh something's happening! Just tag me when you need me! X3)

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MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

(Tag me if you need me too)

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MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Since Lewis had already alerted Millie and her uncle about Moriarty, they both took to a bit of action in response. Millie went out one of the side window and was now very stealthily stalking around the sides and back structures of the building, thoroughly hunting for any planted bombs and traps and other dangers she hadn't already put in the area. Her uncle had made his way on the roof, invisible, with his duffle bag of weapons that he set behind one of the chimneys. He is positioned in a certain area where no one where the three people doing parlay are could see the watery silhouette without moving back but he can see them. He's watching them, holding Moran's rifle very low to his side and scanning the area surrounding the building for any reinforcements/spies Moriarty might have watching the building.

(Just to let you know, this is what they'd do (in the background) after Lewis told them the situation.)

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The Fox • 2 years ago • edited

( wOAH WOAH WOAH

Hold on a cotton picking minute! Ya'll were planning this and I wasn't invited! >:V!!!

All joking aside, this is so goshdarn neat!!! I'd love to join in except my characters can't work in this situation timelinewise...( Malemi ya big goof, Why don't you use your dang calling stone once in awhile? And you Utterson, why don't you, I don't know..., CALL THE POLICE OR SOMETHING???? Lady Bird....Just no... ) Baaaah, No matter. This is fantastic either way! :D I'm stoked to see how this goes down!

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MillieGriffin  The Fox • 2 years ago

(Too late on the police, Moriarty already beat you to it. XD)

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The Fox  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

( Aah True! XDD They're probably wrapped around Moriarty's finger! )

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HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago • edited

( Months had passed, spent in pleasurable company. For once, his life was entirely stress free.

The doctor had intended to see each of his awaiting patients upon his return, but with the seasons changing, he'd assumed there would be an influx of cancellations. The infirmary would be packed with the casualties of this year's cold and flu season about now.

Just a few more weeks then.

He sits, poking a fire in the hearth of a nearby inn, a tiny female voice riding on the whisper of a wind. )

"Go now. They need you.

Moriarty's here, the Society's under attack"

At this, his blood runs cold- all traces of his holiday bliss seeping away from his trembling bones.

The angel is terrified.

He grabs his coat and briskly makes his way out without a word. )

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Sherlock Holmes  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

( Roughly a few hours before, a sleek figure had made their way to the door.

They placed three knocks upon the large door, unintimidated by its size )

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago • edited

( The door had opened to reveal a tiny green demon. Her voice was equally as tiny, but gruff. )

Wot you want?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( Faux cockney accent, a gruff quality far too big for that tiny stature.

To compensate for that size no doubt.

What else could she be hiding?"

No matter"

She glanced about, eyes studying every feature of the odd museum.

"Not here yet then? Good."

She took a step inside, brushing past the demon. She raised her voice, listening as it bounced against all the objects in the room. )

Anyone here looking for a flatmate?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

Aw nah! not anotha' one o' you East Enda' bums!

We aint' a 'otel

Why duncha go foin' a bloo'y soup kitchen?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( She continues past, wandering through the hall. Looking up the staircase, her eyes scan each room, their gaze touching each nameplate, memorizing each flash, sound, and scent coming from the night owls.

"Quicker reaction times. They'll be more useful when the time comes" )

Soup, I think, is a delightful idea. Where might I go to make it in this vicinity?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( She practically sprints to keep up with the stranger, huffing a guffaw at their incredible gall. )

O' sure! whoi dun Oi 'and you th' masteh' keys whoil Oi'm a' it?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

That would be helpful, but an exceptionally stupid move on your part seeing as you neither know who I am or why I'm here.

( The stranger turns her head, eyeing the funny green girl with a curiously furrowed brow. )

...That false accent is very unbecoming by the way.

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

wh- ff-

you look 'ere smart arse! Oi'm no' offerin' ya nuffin' no' th' rooms yer drooling' ova, no' th' kitchen yer look'n fer, n' NOT TH' BLOO'Y KEYS. Geddout!

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( The intruder saunters down the way, brushing a hand against the wall until she approaches a door with a homemade sign. She turns the knob and opens the door. )

hmm, this will do nicely.

( Suddenly, without warning, she grabs the demon and shoves her in, shutting the door behind them. )

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( She skids backwards, drawing a blade from her sleeve with jagged teeth bared. )

Wotch et

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

Nice stance. Traceur, I presume?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Her stance loosens slightly. Teeth still bared )

Wot?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

You know, a practitioner of Parkour, the French art of running away.

( She continues towards the stove. )

Bad mistake though, lowering your guard.

You still don't know me, I could have been waiting to deal you a nasty blow.

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

I aint afraid of a little blood!

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

"And there she is!"

I'm sure you aren't

Is that a Southern English accent I detect? You don't hear those long vowels in these parts but it suits you much better.

Now, onto the problem at hand- what kind of soup do you want?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

Oi...wha...

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

You strike me as a pork girl. I'll go put a pot on

( The newcomer makes quick work of heating the oven, rummaging through the ice box, and filling the pot and placing it on. When it starts to boil, she salts the water and places a single bone in. )

The good stuff comes the marrow.

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

whoi tho?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

I do always like to discuss business over a hot bowl of soup.

( After about a half hour, several vegetables, and some noodles later, she takes the pot to the island in the middle of the kitchen and sets the surface with two bowls. She promptly ladles the soup into the bowls. From an interior pocket, she takes some whiskey out. Using the remaining hot water, she combines the whiskey with honey and lemon and pours the solution into the cups. )

Drink up love, you're going to need it for the night we have ahead.

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( She looks to the mixture, sniffing it curiously to see if the ingredients are actually safe. The familiar scent fills her head with memories from summers long ago. Wild chesnut tresses and fireworks reflected on a glassy lake, brown eyes as warm as the drink in her cup, lips melting like ill fated chocolate in the July heat, an unmistakeable Chesire smile.

It smells like him.

For just a moment, she's lost in the memories. Of him, of the boys.)

...mm?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( She watches as the demon's eyes glaze over.

So fiery minutes ago, but softer now.

Whatever the Hot Toddy stirred in her, it must have been sentimental. )

I'm sure you're wondering why I'm here.

( She takes a spoonful of soup and blows on it. When the steam vanishes, she takes a sip. )

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Her head snaps up, fist firmly slamming the glass down. )

pardon?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

My client has a stake in this city, south of the river. Word is that there's competition vying for it.

This place holds a great deal of interest. Attracted the wrong sort I'm afraid.

( She takes a sip of her Hot Toddy. )

How much do you know about Hyde?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Her eyes widen, cheeks reddening at the jawline. )

E-Edward? what about him?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

Little blonde man, runs around in an old cape?

Have you heard about any run ins? people curious about the work done here? maybe a little too nosy?

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( she glances from her food to the stranger ) like you?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( She leans forward and whispers in a hushed tone. )

Listen here and listen close:

You've attracted the attention of a very dangerous man.

In less than two hours, he is going to storm this place looking for a deal. You have something and he wants it.

They'll be on their way, probably with warrants. We don't have much time, but we need to get as many scientists out while we still can.

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

what do I do?

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

How well do you know the layout of the building?

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Dr. H. Griffin  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

((Pardon my intrusion, but why are you here, on this particular RP? I realise you're new here, just wanted to know. :D ))

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Sherlock Holmes  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

( "oh, hello.

Little birdie told me of a hostile takeover. I'm not certain my client would like that very much" )

* Eyo! canon roleplayer here. I'm not QUITE as new as you think, but I noticed you brought a Moriarty here and we all know that Moriarty can't exist without a Sherlock so here she is ;D

I dunno what plans you have so I'll try not to encroach on anything you are set on making canon though : 3 : *

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Dr. H. Griffin  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

((Ah, alright that's fine! If you want I can have a chin-wag with you on Hangouts to brief you on what my plans are with this...))

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

(Can someone explain to me what I missed.)

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MillieGriffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

(Moriarty's invading, get Kito out!)

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

((Won't be necessary if Kito's at his sacred spring when this goes down. He could, however, come back to a vacant Society building...perhaps even smell the aftermath of what happened.

Miss-Dreamerkat ))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(That will work. I still don't know who the guy is? I have not been around lately.)

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Jekyll1886  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((Ah, sorry. Moriarty is a villain from the Sherlock Holmes stories. He's very intelligent, and very connected. He wants certain of the lodgers and/or their research for his own ends, and will not take "no" for an answer.))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I haven't read Sherlock Holmes. I need to though. And gotcha, Kito is out of town on mask restoring.)

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Jekyll1886  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((He could be the Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes, or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or something else entirely. But I do know it's Moriarty, at least! XD))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Yeah! X3)

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Miss-Dreamerkat  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

(Who is Moriaty?)

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Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago • edited

* Shoutout to all you people still inside:

This is your last chance to get out! There are no more ships setting sail after this one leaves the port. *

( Two hours.

Two hours was all it took for the world to change. The detective stands by a lone window, watching the stars in the sky. She glances at a pocket watch hidden inside her coat and returns it to its place.

A knock.

It's time.

"Professor James Moriarty. I would like to see Dr. Henry Jekyll."

The faintest trace of conversation. Murmurs from downstairs, bouncing off the marble with perhaps just the slightest delay.

The conversation grows louder, voices adding to the confusion.

She procures a small revolver from her coat and pulls the trigger, sending two shots upward into the ceiling. )

Rise and shine everybody! Make yourselves decent and report in front of your rooms!

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Sarashina Hyde  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Her smaller companion paces in front of the hall, blade raised to the doors. )

YEH! an' don' try escapin' eitheh r' oil gutcha loika fish!

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Dr. de Lezo  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( At the sound of the gunshot, one of the doors slam open, revealing a bewildered military man. )

Who shot you?!

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Sherlock Holmes  Dr. de Lezo • 2 years ago

( Sherlock makes her way to the front of the crowd, firing another shot. )

You WILL listen to me and you will do it now or I will execute you all one by one right here.

You will follow me down to the lobby for collection, where the professor will be waiting to receive you. There is a blue box. You can go in there to craft well wishes to those you love.

You will have one last chance to send a telegram home, use it wisely.

You will not be returning home, but have cheer! you are building a great empire. History will remember you fondly.

Onwards!

( Sherlock makes her way down the stairs, gun pointed at the startled group. )

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Jasper Jekyll  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago • edited

( She steps in front of Silver, preventing her and the back half of the group from moving forward. )

If you think we're going to follow you like cows, you're dead wrong! they're smarter and I'm twice your size and four times as strong!

you don't get to threaten me! you don't get to threaten Silver! you don't get to threaten my friends! we're not afraid of you!

( In a blinding flash of golden light, a collar appears. )

I could take you on any day!

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Sherlock Holmes  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( She cocks the gun, pointing it directly at the shining gem on her neck. )

Dr. Jekyll, I expected you most of all to understand what a winning chance this is for you. War is all about playing to the advantage, choosing the winning side. You are correct, a big strong titan like you could conquer the world

That's a sport collar? I assume?

It's a nice illusion you've created, great play of visual effects. The professor would love to have a magician of your caliber.

Unfortunately, your little display highlighted a key weakness ( She flicks the barrel ever so slightly, gesturing to the gem. )

Assuming that you truly had nothing to lose, there'd be no need for such protection, would there?

( Her voice softens. )

I wonder what would happen if my itty bitty bullet found your sparkling jewelry?

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Sherlock Holmes  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( She prepares the trigger of the gun, pointing it directly at the shining gem on her neck. )

Dr. Jekyll, I expected you most of all to understand what a winning chance this is for you. War is all about playing to the advantage, choosing the winning side. You are correct, a big strong titan like you could conquer the world

That's a sport collar? I assume?

It's a nice illusion you've created, great play of visual effects. The professor would love to have a magician of your caliber.

Unfortunately, your little display highlighted a key weakness ( She flicks the barrel ever so slightly, gesturing to the gem. )

Assuming that you truly had nothing to lose, there'd be no need for such protection, would there?

( Her voice softens. )

I wonder what would happen if my itty bitty bullet found your sparkling jewelry?

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Silverliné Carew  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

n-no!

( Silver pushes in front of Jasper, voice quivering. )

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Sherlock Holmes  Silverliné Carew • 2 years ago

( She lowers the gun. )

That's what I thought.

( She proceeds forward. )

Come along please, the professor doesn't like to be kept waiting.

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Jasper Jekyll  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Jasper looks to her brunette with shock, and then to the intruder with rage. She follows with a feral growl.

So long as Silver is safe, at least...perhaps it would all be worth it.

The giant grabs her hand, pulling the tiny human back behind her. )

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Sarashina Hyde  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( The demon brandishes her knife wildly, pushing the stragglers forward. )

No dilly dallying'! you 'heard th' lady!

move yer blooming' arses!

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Sherlock Holmes  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( When they reach the floor, the would-be assailant spares a brief glance to the right. She grabs the Jekyll look a-like and shoves him into the box. )

You first Jekyll. The professor's eager to have you most of all.

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Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen )  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

oh! ( the man staggers, bracing himself when he's shoved against the oddly placed call box.

Was it him or...was it a little...confused?

Taking a deep breath, he closes his eyes and opens the door. )

...The professor...

( He shuts the door behind him. A little privacy for the damned? )

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The Traveller  Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen ) • 2 years ago • edited

( He's greeted with a small rough voice, laced with a distinctly Edinburg accent. )

Actually, I prefer "the Doctor", has a much nicer ring to it, don't you think?

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Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen )  The Traveller • 2 years ago • edited

( He jumps at the sound of the other man's voice. Stunned, he turns to face the speaker.

After a moment, he chuckles, shaking his head. )

I should know, I am one after all!

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The Traveller  Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen ) • 2 years ago • edited

( When he turns to face the strangers, he is met- not with a small blue wooden interior- but a vast, brightly lit control room. The tall man before him, thin, lanky, face alight with a goofy grin, is joined by a smaller brunette. She smiles apologetically.

I'm so sorry about that fright back there! I'll tell you everything once we get going but for now, how about some tea?

( Her voice is small, soft, and eerily similar to the girl standing by Jasper, if not for her decidedly dated, vaguely Irish twang. )

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Jasper Jekyll  The Traveller • 2 years ago

What's going on here?

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Silverliné Carew  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( Silver's face brightens when she sees the girl. )

oh! Gwendolyn hello!

( she turns to Jasper. )

It's perfectly safe. That's our Bass!

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The Traveller  Silverliné Carew • 2 years ago

( The Doctor makes a motioning gesture. )

Well come on then! We're all going to be Bass for dinner if we're caught out here!

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Sherlock Holmes  The Traveller • 2 years ago

He's not wrong you know.

( The woman helps both Mr. Pennebrygg and his robot in. )

In you go, watch your step.

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Mr. Pennebrygg  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

thank you ma'am

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Jasper Jekyll  Mr. Pennebrygg • 2 years ago

Who are you?

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Sherlock Holmes  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( She leans in, sliding a card into Jasper's pocket. Softly )

Some questions are better left unasked

( She shoves Jasper in. )

Now go

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Silverliné Carew  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

( Silver scurries in after her, tripping over her own feet and the threshold in the process. )

Wait for me!

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The Traveller  Silverliné Carew • 2 years ago

( Gwendolyn reaches her hands out, grabbing Silver and steadying her. She looks her futuristic counterpart in the eyes, firmly. )

Always.

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Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen )  The Traveller • 2 years ago

( Hen glances around, heart sinking when he sees no one coming.

He turns to the demon, palm outstretched. )

Come on Sara, it wouldn't be a party without you

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Sarashina Hyde  Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen ) • 2 years ago

( Her smile fades at the corners, red eyes glistening pleadingly. Though her bravado remains, her mockney fades back into her native Posh Southern English )

...Nah, tea parties aren't my sort of thing. You go on...

...Doctor Pansy

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Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen )  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( His face falls, lips parted ever so slightly. )

You don't...

mean to face these people...

alone...

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Sarashina Hyde  Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen ) • 2 years ago • edited

(She averts her gaze to the ground, a tell obvious even for her.

The names they'd written on her heart flash before her, pulsing with each heartbeat.

Edward.

Damien.

Alex.

Hen.

Grantaire.

Victoria.

Elaina.

Erik.

Lucy.

Christopher.

Even Jekyll, that old fool

If that lie saved even one of those lives, it was something worth being mutilated every day for.

Better the devil than all of Heaven's angels.

She flashes Hen a smirk, lacking any of her usual fire. )

I always was best alone.

see more

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Dr. de Lezo  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

I forgot my hat

uno momento por favor

( The doctor ducks out and makes his way to the basement. His brown eyes scan the shelves until landing on the item he had been looking for. He approaches it. Catt Hatter )

You're safe now, señorita

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Jasper Jekyll  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

( A second door opens- nearly ripping from its hinges.

Molten amber eyes burn through each person there, her raspy voice raised to a bellow. )

WHAT CLOD DECIDED TO TRY TARGET PRACTICE ON MY DOOR?!

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Silverliné Carew  Jasper Jekyll • 2 years ago

( Immediately after the giant, a smaller brunette bolts from the room- her ordinarily soft green eyes a violent icy shade of gray, chest heaving with labored breath. She clutches the giant's arm, nails digging into her flesh. )

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Mr. Pennebrygg  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( The sound of clinking comes from one door. When it opens, a man, followed by a robot, look to each other and then to the growing numbers in the hall. )

Why's everyone in such a state? is the mob here?

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Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen )  Sarashina Hyde • 2 years ago

( A door opens, its occupant stepping out with an eerie sense of calm. )

What the devil?

( His eyes soften, sadden, when he sees Sara. )

Sara...what are you doing?

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Sarashina Hyde  Dr. Jekyll II ( Mother Hen ) • 2 years ago

( She points the blade at his chest. ) YOU ESPECIALLY JEK-O!

OI DUN WONNANUTHA PEEP OUTA YOU. Da Mastah's waiting' fer ya!

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Catt Hatter  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago

(I don't know how to get my guys on! DX 8'< Can someone find her Hatt or something? She's gone to ground and doesn't leave without the word of someone she trusts. Q^Q )

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Dr. de Lezo  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Would she allow me to pick up her hat, señorita?

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Catt Hatter  Dr. de Lezo • 2 years ago

(Yes, she likes you.

Sorry about the meltdown. T^T)

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Dr. de Lezo  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

There's no need to apologize!

( He smiles softly, fangs just barely exposed. )

Emotion is what makes us all human... I'll be sure to sneak down and get her! where is she?

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Catt Hatter  Dr. de Lezo • 2 years ago

(Thanks. QuQ

She was clever, and hid the Hatt on an unassuming shelf with other artifacts. Only people who knew her well enough would be able to recognise that it didn't belong there, or that it was anything other than a regular costume hat.

She'll be listening at the entrance, armed and scared. So be careful, ok? )

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HenryRoseQuartz  Sherlock Holmes • 2 years ago • edited

( While the commotion rages on, a trap door opens in the forgotten part of the building- a theater, like the one from so many ghost stories. Grand, mysterious, and yet...somehow ill befitting of a misfit hideaway.

The apparition rising from the earth is not a rough, poverty stricken thug but a young fresh faced strawberry blonde. He rises from the trap door and steps up to the floorboards of the massive platform. His small light voice carries through the empty space. )

...Victoria?

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Madame La Déchante  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

( Moments pass in silence. Suddenly, the curtain rustles. The floor boards squeak, announcing the arrival- a familiar brunette sidles from behind the heavy burgundy sheets, her long nightgown rustling behind her. Her bright green eyes are soft, brow knit slightly in confusion. )

Dr. Rose! What are you doing here at this hour?

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HenryRoseQuartz  Madame La Déchante • 2 years ago

( He rushes forward, taking her hands. )

Thank heavens I got here in time! Look, there's no time to explain. The Society's under attack and your husband's in danger. I-I don't know if there's people listening in on us, so we have to go right now, it's not safe here.

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Madame La Déchante  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

m-my husband?

( She backs away, glancing to the floor with a worried, downcast gaze. Softly. )

Henry?

( She looks up to the doctor, eyes filled with determination. )

Wait here.

( Within minutes, she emerges dressed in black, a large bag over her shoulder. )

Let's go.

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