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Adventures in the basement..

After finishing her homework, and meeting with her new roommate, Duce decided to go on a gremlin hunt. She'd had a request to procure another gremlin, preferably a live one.

That could present a challenge. She wasn't used to keeping creatures alive. However, boredom reigned, and there was a possibility of earning some ready cash by selling the creatures as lab specimens.

She made a mental note of things she thought she'd need: fileting gloves, facemask, heavy canvas work overalls.. a trip to the local MegaMart would take care of most of that.

Duce had a vague thought of asking her new roommate along. Wednesday seemed like the type of girl who'd really appreciate a place like the basement. Perhaps there were others who'd like to go. Duce had heard about a group that wanted to go on a kill-hunt for the creatures, but killing things was so passe. No challenge to it, really. Catching them sounded like more fun.

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Chihaya had decided that he would venture out to see what he was missing, all the other students at the dorms appeared to be having a grand time. Not being a drinker, or a smoker, sex at the moment completely beyond him, there wasn't really a lot for him to do or people for him to talk to.

Except Kiki, who was really nice to him at breakfast. He would go see her later and maybe she would like to go into

fandomtownies and see what there was to do.

Brought up short by a girl with hair that ... holy cow...did some of her hair just wave at him?

Not so much feeling someone staring at her as feeling the snakes stare back, Duce turned with an aggrieved sigh. Eyeing up the.. boy? girl? .. androdyne, she nodded casually at the hair, "Nice colour for it."

((curses being signed in to someone else's account for maintenance))

His hand subconsciously went to his hair and he grinned. "Uh...thanks?" Chihaya took a tentative step forward, his gaze flicking every so often to her ... hair...noooooo...snakes?. "I would be lame and say 'new around here' but since I wouldn't know because I don't get out much I'll say...uh...'Hi!'"

(('sokay. If you hadn't deleted it, I would've done it for you. *g*))

Duce smiles somewhat wryly, "Actually, we are new here. We just registered yesterday, and today's our first day of classes. So far, so good. We haven't been bitten, mauled, molested, kidnapped, drugged, or set on fire yet, but hey, the day's still young." Catching the.. boy? Yes, probably a boy..'s glances at her hair, Duce sighs slightly and says patiently, "Yes, they're real, and yes, they're poisonous. Don't worry, though. We only bite when provoked."

Nodding pleasantly, and hoping to finally define the gender of the other party, Duce says helpfully, "Our name's Medusa. Most people call us Duce. What's there to do around here? Besides taunt drunk people and avoid being plagued by monsters, we mean."

"Duce?" Wednesday rounded a corner, arms full. She nodded to the strange, purple-haired young man. "I have the heavy leather gloves and a set of knives, also a net suitable for most supernatural creatures. Where did you want to begin?"

Tossing a grin in Wednesday's direction, Duce shrugged nonchalantly, "We saw some on the quad last night, and there was a notice that they'd infested the commons this morning. So far, we haven't seen any. They seem to be roaming free in the basement, but that almost seems like shooting fish in a barrel. Our general thought was to wander until we heard screaming, but so far, no luck. Think everyone might be at class."

Just as Chihaya was going to open his mouth someone came up from behind, startling him. He jumped and turned, his gaze settling on the armful of...stuff she had.

Distracted now, Chihaya turned back to 'Duce' and grinned. "My name's Chihaya and I think I successfully avoided being turned into a cockroach. You might want to avoid the cafeteria for a while."

He turned back to the other girl. "Hi! I'm Chihaya!"

"I am Wednesday Addams." She nodded to him. "Gremlins like chaos, Duce. Perhaps the cafeteria would be a good place to begin?"

. o O (Damnit! He/she even has an adrogynous name!)

Nodding at the tale of Chihaya and Kiki, Duce agrees with Wednesday, "Sounds like it would be a fair place to begin, yes."

Smiling ruefully at Chiyaha and Kiki, "Are you two brave enough to venture into the caf again?"

Chihaya pointed to the other girl, "That's Wednesday Addams," he said to Kiki.

"I'd love to go, if you want the help. What are we going to catch?"

"Hi, Wednesday!" Kiki says cheerfully. "I'm up for it. Chihaya and I were in there this morning, and something knocked over a bunch of pots and pans in the kitchen. We didn't check it out though. Is it really true that there are cockroaches the size of dogs in the kitchen?"

"Probably." Wednesday hefted her load thoughtfully. "Are you any good with a net, Kiki?"

Kiki looks at the net dubiously. "I've never used one before, but I'm willing to give it a try. My specialty happens to be flying," she adds, shifting the broom to the other shoulder. "Which, come to think of it, could work pretty well..."

Duce gives Wednesday a raised eyebrow inquiry.

Blowing an errant snake off her face, Duce smirks, "It's a highschool cafeteria. Of course they have roaches the size of dogs. It'd be breaking an immutable law of the universe, otherwise. Reality as we know it could collapse inward and destroy us all." Scratching her chin, she adds, "Wait, didn't that happen last week? Our bad. We're hunting gremlins today. Caught one last night, but we had a request for a live one."

"Oooooh," Chihaya said, not really understanding. "I've never seen a gremlin but I bet they are in the kitchen too."

Duce grins and asks, "Ah, but are they loose in the kitchen, or are they an ingredient? If they're loose, they're fair game. If they're an ingredient.. well, we won't be eating at school anytime soon anyway, but we'd feel sorry for the rest of you poor bas..uh..kids."

Kiki bites her lip worriedly.

Wednesday shrugged, extending her arms, which were full of equipment. "Arm yourselves, then. I don't have quite enough for everyone, but it should do. If we can catch more than one, I'd like one myself."

Kiki thinks a little, and says, "Handy thing about brooms...you can hit things with them.

"Just what will you do with it once you have it, though?"

"Venom extraction." Wednesday tipped her head thoughtfully. "I've heard that they are hallucinogenic."

Chihaya picked out a couple of choice things, including the net. He wasn't very good with weapons and after gouging himself really badly one time and Kagetsuya chiding him for days afterward, Chihaya opted to stay away from them altogether. "What are you going to do with it? Is it for a biology or something?"

"We hit the MegaMart today, so we have some equipment too."

Duce dons her own equipment, which looks to be a pair of chainmaille gloves and a welder's lexan mask. A pair of leather pants is pulled out of the backpack and donned. Her leather jacket would probably be proof enough against gremlin teeth. She waits for Wednesday to kit up.

Nodding at Wednesday's explanation, Duce gestures at her hair, "We have some experience with venom extraction." Pausing, she responds to Chi's question, "You could say it was a biology experiment, yes."

"Venom?" Kiki squeaks, her voice jumping an octave. "I think I need a bigger broom."

"That might be a wise idea," Wednesday agreed, pulling on a pair of heavy leather gauntlets herself. "I found one of Aunt Esmeralda's old gardening outfits," she explained, gesturing to her own very long, heavy looking leather jacket. It had more than one set of scorch marks on it, and a set of claw marks across the back that showed metal beneath.

She was wearing almost thigh high boots beneath it and they showed similar marks as she buttoned the coat closed. Fishing what looked like a beekeeper's hat out of the mess (if you kept bees that were armed and the size of small terriers) she donned it and flexed her fingers. "I'm ready."

Duce admires the hat for a moment, "We definitely need to get ourselves one of those!"

Nodding politely to Kiki, "We'll be in the caf when you're ready."

Snakes writhing in anticipation, Duce stuffs any extra gear into her backpack and heads toward the cafeteria.

"I think I'll borrow supplies from the kitchen as we go," Kiki answers. She hops on her broom and hovers about 4 feet off the ground. "Ready."

"Well," Kiki says hesitantly, "I don't really have much other than what I'm wearing right here. So much for armor. I'm as ready as i could be, I guess. What's the plan? Scare the gremlins towards you and Duce and Chihaya so you can net them? I could do that."

"Our bad. We thought you meant you had a larger broom. Yeah, if you could scare them toward us, as well as knock them off anything they may climb up on, that would help. We can probably handle the ones on the ground. Although, if you could grab another net somewhere, you could swoop in and scoop them up."

Snapping her fingers, Duce swore under her breath, "We knew we forgot something. Containment. Suggest we go in through the back of the caf and appropriate some garbage cans."

"It's a kitchen," Kiki says confidently, "There has to be another broom in there somewhere - and who knows what else! If Chihaya could stand ready with the garbage can lids - um, how do we ensure that the lids stay on?"

In answer, Duce rummages in her backpack, producing a roll of duct tape, the ends slightly coated in fuzz.

((OOC picking up thread below))

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((LOLOL...I think for the chase and trap we might need to establish posting order to keep from running over the top of each other))

(ooc: yeah, I moved my comment down to try to maintain one thread. Also, I do have to go pretty soon, so my char might go silent for a bit.)

I'll also be heading offline soon. I have about another hour, then won't be back until tomorrow.

I think I'm going to transfer this to a new post in my journal, if that's agreeable with everyone? I'll write up a synopsis of what's happened so far. Anyone want to get last poses in before the synops?

I'm good!

Sounds good :)

Chihaya eyed the getups the girls put on and shook his head. "I think I'm moral support and the trap springer," he said shaking the net.

"You could find a container for any that we catch," Wednesday told him, moving slowly under the weight of her protective gear. "That would be tremendously useful."

"I can do that." Chihaya took the duct tape and tucked the net under his arm and taking mental inventory.

Net, tape, garbage can with lid, be the trapper while they chase it toward him. Satisfied, he trotted off behind them toward the cafeteria.

"That works. Nets... tape... garbage can cages. Check. Let's go!" Kiki follows to the cafeteria.

Scene continued here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/medusae_x/2106.html)

It's 4pm my time, I'll be on for about another 30 minutes, then I won't be back until either really late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

A girl in a black dress comes down the hallway, holding a broom over one shoulder.

"Chihaya! Hi! I haven't turned into a cockroach yet... glad to see you haven't yet, either. I'm keeping a close eye on Jiji, though. He ate a lot of those pancakes. I don't have class until this evening, so I'm just exploring the school right now. What's everyone up to?"

Kiki sees the girl with the snakey hair, and, although a little startled, says, "Hi! I'm Kiki."

She also smiles at the sight of another girl dressed all in black.

(ooc: responded in other comment thread for continuity)

(ooc: no prob :)

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