Utterly Mad

Vi was in a state of numbness. Her whole body felt odd against the... whatever she was against. What was she against? Oh shit, it's alive! Vi quickly pushed off whatever she was on and tried to stand. But couldn't get balance due to the lack of feeling on her body. She plopped down the ground again. Vi's head swayed with a dull ache as she dumbly looked around her.

[[If you're going to chat with someone feel free to RP with the other players. I mean do I need to make a uninteresting NPC every time you wanna talk to someone? I mean I've been delaying updates for a long while mainly because I don't know what to write, I want to let everyone get their own update, but sometimes I just can't figure out what to write. So if you don't give me enough to work with, or its something that you could just write yourself (IE: Eating some lunch), then do it, it'll most likely give me something to update you with.]]

Duncan, Ace Detective

You press up behind a vending machine and peek around the edge, you see a man in a military uniform covering his mouth, there's bloody mucus hanging out between his fingers and his eyes are a red and puffy. You hear him enter into a room down the hallway, followed by the distinct *clunk* of him locking the door.

You can hear muffled coughs, followed by vomiting, after another coughing fit you hear a thud. And then, silence.

Vi, come back to reality

You stumble around a little bit, everything is pointing at you, looking at you, bright flashes directed at you. It feels like everything is closing in to the point that you can barely move, you feel yourself run into another wall. You blink, the tile floors are back. You blink again, the walls are back along with the furniture. You're sitting in the corner, your purse is resting on its side on the toilet seat, your heels are carelessly tossed on the floor, and the sink is overfilling with water.

Everything feels like its spinning, your head is pounding, and your vision is a little... "wobbly".

((Gonna piggyback on what AJ said. When I started doing Terminal, the idea was that you had to go out and make **** happen. There wasn't "sitting back" and then something happening for you. While I did break and did do that for certain people, this is more of a character based RP so you've got to make it happen for yourself. Figure out what your character wants and make it happen. If they want to just sit around and wait for action to come to them, I'd say that's a boring character but if that's what you want to play go ahead and embrace that. Now excuse me while Vi does something stupid.))

Vi, too disoriented and beyond comprehension at this point uttered, "I don't feel so good right now." How that came out in reality isn't within realm of her understanding, but as far as she knew she got her point acrossed. With that she crawled over to her heels slipping around on the water with determination to get stock and pull it together. She knew she was slipping hard with her antics, but she didn't have the full scheme of what she had just done in mind.

Michael walked to the nearest bathroom and walked into one of the stalls. He closed the door and pulled out a bottle of his pills and downed a couple of his pain killers before closing the bottle and walking out of the bathroom. "Time to find something to eat." He says more to himself then anyone around him and begins looking for a place where he might be able to get some food.

Michael walked to the nearest bathroom and walked into one of the stalls. He closed the door and pulled out a bottle of his pills and downed a couple of his pain killers before closing the bottle and walking out of the bathroom. "Time to find something to eat." He says more to himself then anyone around him and begins looking for a place where he might be able to get some food.

Caitlin decides to abort the whole looking around thing and just heads towards the mall.    Captain Crunchlicous said they opened the mall, right?    Or the cafeteria.    One of those.

[[THERE WE GO! Also I didn't think drug abuse would've been such a common thing. Also a lot of these names sound like they're from GTA, now we just need a CJ.]]

Michael, retired bank robber pill popping pop sensation mafioso

You feel a wave of numbness as you down a handful of those magical white capsules, your stomach grumbles ever so slightly. You forgot to eat before you left the hotel here, maybe there's something nearby. And after a quick scope of the area you spot three places that still have their lights on.

Baritos Burritos: A local Mexican food chain known for their famous spicy burrito, "The Bowl Clinger" Most likely named after what you'll be doing after chowing one down. There's two guys, guard uniforms, armed with batons, eating some queso and tortilla chips.

MCDoodles: Named after the famed 1950s rapper, "MC McDoodle" This popular chain of restaurants are litterally everywhere in the world, it looks like there's quite a few people in there to sleep in the booths, as well as a few people ordering some food.

Cafeteria: If you're willing to risk it to figure out whats going on, you could sneak into the cafeteria and enjoy yourself some peppered steak with a side of potatoes and gravy. Along with what smells like, peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream. You can see a few of the soldiers chatting it up, along with a few flight captains staring at the group.


Caitlin

While Captain Crunch did say that he wouldn't open the mall until tomorrow, it might not hurt to snoop around a bit. You approach the malls entrance to find that there are no guards here, at all, the ones that checked that weird guy that was freaking out are gone too! It does look pretty though, the lights are low, and the Christmas lights aren't on full blast like they are in the main lobby. You think you can hear laughing and chatter coming from further into the mall.

Will you risk it?

Vi, rolls for perception

After some inspection, and trying hard to remember your 'trip'. It appears that you nearly drowned yourself in the sink, you fell backwards and then crawled backwards a bit until you hit the toilet, the toilet has an automatic flush, so when you felt the toilet you caused it to flush (explaining the vibrations). Then judging by the light switch that has some patches of water on it, you must've flickered the lights off and on a bunch while making camera noises. All this ending with you crawling into the corner where you laid comatose for a bit until you started to come down.

But you do know one thing, you aren't tripping anymore.... you hope.

Caitlin looks back, then shrugs, heading further into the mall area slightly cautiously.    Trespassing is fun until you get caught.   Then they bring the guns and stuff.

Michael, the burrito eating mafioso

You order their famed burrito to test your stomach's meddle in the combat of digestion. Your meal arrives on a huge platter, with the burrito sitting neatly to the side with some rice and refried beans. And steam is radiating off the food, it looks really good. The guard's haven't even noticed you coming in, they keep eating their queso and yammering on about things.

"So you saw the game last night right?"

"No I haven't, daughter hogged the TV last night to find out what happened to the Vi chick."

"You mean the one that got busted for popping pills? Jesus dude, what kind of a age do we live in where those are our role models."

"She was a child actress, right?"

"Sh*t I don't know, I don't keep up with "pop culture". Bet my daughter could tell you the woman's whole life story though."


Caitlin, Mechanic Ninja

One foot in front of the other, that's it, you're sneaking OUT THE DOOOOR! into the mall now. You know after the initial rush of adrenaline, it kinda feels nice, you feel free and independent for once. Its... liberating. Around you are closed stores with stickers exclaiming what great sales, "50% OFF ON HANDBAGS" "75% OFF ON SELECT PERFUMES" "BUY TWO ADRENALINE SHOTS, GET THE NEXT FREE!!!!".

Its in the silence of the mall that you realize not everyone here is on a outbound flight, this is the closest mall in the area so many of these people might just be stuck here after trying to sneak some holiday shopping in. What a bummer. Up ahead you can see another fantastically decorated Christmas tree lit up by floor lamps, and the area surrounding it has some escalators to the second floor. And over past the escalators, at the entrance, you see some people dressed in Hazmat suits setting up police tape, barricades, and a small tent with a red cross on it.

You can barely make out what they're saying from here...

"So how ... you think ... wigs call ... quits?"

"Probably ... hundred ... kill over."

"... shame."

" Just get them up .... worry about it later."

"Yes, ma'am."

"YES, MA'AM!"




Vi, Pill Popstar

After some scurrying, you find your purse sitting where you left it, with the contents spilled all over the floor. Phone, pads, makeup, pills, and a Tomodachi that you forgot to give back to that kid from Pennsylvania. And at a quick glance in the mirror, you see that your dress is soaked from the neck down, your hair is a wreck, and your makeup is starting to come off. As your fashion adviser would put it, "Girl, you look like Pennywise after he been watching Marmaduke. Get yo' sh1t together! *sassy finger snaps*" ((Yes, your fashion adviser is a sassy independent black woman.))

Michael ate his food while passively listening to the guards conversation. Everything was going okay so why not do a little innocent eavesdropping.