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We Float Moderators ([info]wf_mods) wrote in [info]we_float,
@ 2010-05-08 20:19:00

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Current location:the Anhalt, Seattle
Current music:"None Shall Pass/Star of Wonder" : Aesop Rock & Sufjan Stevens
Entry tags:plot: the city sleeps

"Okay, woke to a grocery list... goes like this, duty and death..."
Who: All characters who received a black envelope.
What: First meetings or rather, distractions.
When: May 8th, 3 pm
Where: Anhalt Building, 1005 E. Roy Street.
Status: Open; in progress.

Nobody remembers Fred Anhalt anymore.

Like its architect, the Anhalt Building has slipped away from the public mind, even of those who walk past it. If a passerby stops to look, it's simply because they see another cracked window or because a phone rang in their pocket. No one ever rings the bell. No one ever goes in.

Perhaps this is why the door is unlocked when the first entrant tries the handle. The sound of the door swinging inward echoes into the empty corridors. The lights inside are warm, welcoming, uncharacteristic for a building that Seattle thinks abandoned. A faint scent of ammonia filters in from the hall. The corners are all well-swept. There is nothing here, beyond the age and cracking of the wallpaper, to remind anyone that the Anhalt was lost to history not long after its making.

There is only one unlocked room, however, and that is on the first floor. A long table rests in the center with exactly ten chairs.

There is nothing on the table, no sign that this is a meeting, but there is also no question that it is nothing but. For one, the table takes much of the room - a cocktail party would find its members casting uneasy glances at that table that is both unassuming and dominating.



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Del Ethier
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 03:49 am UTC (link)
It was curious enough to see his a black envelope with his name on it, but even more curious that the address was for the last house on his route. Del wondered if Jim or Gregor had even noticed when they'd bundled the mail early this morning, but that wondering didn't last long as he slid his finger under the corner and ripped it open.

It still made him chuckle as he opened the door. So curious was Del to know what was inside and it was a mystery person telling him HE was curious. But he was right, he did like a scavenger hunt.

"Brenn?' he called out as he opened the door into the abandoned building, making a guess as to the origin of the letter. Del waited for the cashmere feel of his brother speaking in his head. He took a few steps in and was a little disappointed when no answer was returned. Pulling out the letter again, he checked the address. Then he stepped back outside to check the house number.

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Del Ethier/Maxxie Delacourt
[info]maxblinks
2010-05-09 12:31 pm UTC (link)
The letter in the envelope had left Maxxie curious, concerned, and a bit weirded out to see in writing something she didn't really talk to anyone about.

But it also offered something she didn't think was possible.

So even though she had a project in abnormal psych (not actually about Tom, for all that she teased him it was) that she ought to be working on, she instead pulled on her metahuman gymnastics league team jacket, half-zipped it up against the cold, and set out to see what was going on.

On approaching the house, she saw someone standing outside. "Doors work better when you go through them," she commented as she paused on the steps. "Or are you just observing?"

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Del Ethier/Maxxie Delacourt/Tom Sturbridge
[info]timestoodstill
2010-05-09 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Speaking of the devil (or so his freshman year roommates would have said), Tom arrived shortly after Maxxie, and seemed surprised (but not too surprised) to see her there. "You too?" he asked, ambling to a stop at her side.

He turned to the other man standing in the doorway. "Hello," he said. "I'm Tom. Did you send me the invite, or are you as confused as I am?"

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Del Ethier/Maxxie Delacourt/Tom Sturbridge
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 02:27 pm UTC (link)
Del turned around after a moment. They looked about the same age as him, but he didn't recognize them.

"I've already gone through it; I was checking to see if I'd gotten the address wrong." He pushed his sunglasses the minuscule inch they'd slid down and focused on the address again behind him. No, it was still the right address.

"But I got it right," he remarked pleasantly. "You two don't look familiar," he started thoughtfully, mentally cycling through those friends of Brenn's he had met. Maybe it had nothing to do with Brenn at all. "You two go to Seattle Pacific?"

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Del Ethier/Maxxie Delacourt/Tom Sturbridge - [info]maxblinks, 2010-05-09 09:24 pm UTC
Del Ethier/Maxxie Delacourt/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 09:29 pm UTC
Mickey O'Hare
[info]plusthree
2010-05-09 12:56 pm UTC (link)
Mickey awoke just past lunch, not sure when he'd gone to sleep or why. He checked the date internally -- two days since his last personal memory. While he did that, he caught a flash of a memo left in his mind:

Mick - read the black envelope. Don't think I'm going to let you kill us. -- Char

The note set off a steady stream in his mind of information: directions, news snippets, little whisperings that threatened to drive him mad. He walked out of the shelter with his pack on his back, muttering to himself as he made his way to the meeting. He slowed as he approached the door, trying to make the news go away, shaking his head at the influx of noise, pushing at his ear as if he could rub the noise out that way.

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Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]lifeibreathe
2010-05-09 01:14 pm UTC (link)
"Excuse me," a soft voice said, possibly too close for comfort. "I'm sorry. Are you all right?"

The speaker was a young man, dressed all in light colors, a look of concern in his wide blue eyes. One hand hovered near Mickey's elbow, like he'd been about to touch him but then thought better of it. Still, he was alarmingly close, like he'd never learned about personal space.

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Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]plusthree
2010-05-09 09:30 pm UTC (link)
Mickey jerked back away, putting a solid foot if not more between himself and the newcomer. "Fine. I'm fine. Just--" He rubbed at his right ear, wincing as he tried to switch the internal noise from news to music. With a rush of sound, he had a song switch in and he sang softly along with it for a moment before he remembered that he had company.

"Did you send the letter?"

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Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-09 09:34 pm UTC
Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]plusthree, 2010-05-10 12:33 am UTC
Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-10 12:44 am UTC
Mickey O'Hare/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]plusthree, 2010-05-10 01:22 am UTC
Gabe Wilder
[info]afterwedie
2010-05-09 03:51 pm UTC (link)
The letter had come to him at work. At first, he'd thought about not going but Julie had picked it up off his desk, snapping at him once she read the contents.

"Gabe- what the hell is this about?"

That had been enough to get him moving, despite the lingering unease. It had to be a joke, he thought. One of the other cooks playing a prank on him just to try and ruffle his composure. Whatever.

Now, however, as Gabriel stood there, staring out at five other people, he wasn't quite so sure. Every one of them looked as confused as he was.

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Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 04:00 pm UTC (link)
He was draped casually over a chair, sending a text message to Brenn.

"Hey," Del said in his broad, lazy baritone. "Looks like we're down to four then." He sent the message and slid the phone into the pocket of his shorts. "Take a chair, guy."

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Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier
[info]afterwedie
2010-05-09 04:03 pm UTC (link)
"Uhhhh... down to four?" Gabe gave the stranger a Look but he slid down in his chair regardless, long legs sprawling out so that the knees braced the tabletop. His eye caught sight of a familiar figure and he blinked, then glanced back up at the person who'd just spoken.

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Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 04:10 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 04:13 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 04:23 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 04:30 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 04:36 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 04:44 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 04:50 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 04:58 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 05:11 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 05:14 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 05:23 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 05:28 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 05:48 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 05:51 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 05:53 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 05:57 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 06:01 pm UTC
Gabe Wilder/Del Ethier - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 06:03 pm UTC
JT Cole
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-09 04:20 pm UTC (link)
A youngish, casually yet colorfully dressed blonde man pushed the slightly closed door open and slipped inside. JT had to find a cover for him for the cafe, normally he did a lunch shift on Saturday's, but the contents (the almost threat) had him worried enough that he figured he should check out the meeting. It was odd enough to get something like this on actual paper, much less pass the mail security at his apartment building, so it must be legit.

He looked suspiciously at the assembled group, then nodded slightly to whomever was closest and shifted out of the door way off to one side along the wall.

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JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge
[info]timestoodstill
2010-05-09 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Tom came over and leaned against the wall next to him. "So what brings you to this fine establishment?" he asked with an easy grin. "Were you cordially invited the Black Envelope Magical Mystery Tour, too?"

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Re: JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-09 04:39 pm UTC (link)
JT rolls his eyes slightly, at the situation not the company, and twirls his black envelope in his fingers. "I'm JT, did I miss any big announcements?"

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JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 04:45 pm UTC
Re: JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 05:07 pm UTC
JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 05:14 pm UTC
Re: JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 05:32 pm UTC
JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 05:40 pm UTC
Re: JT Cole/Tom Sturbridge - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 05:48 pm UTC
Matt Cavanaugh
[info]palehorses
2010-05-09 05:26 pm UTC (link)
The letter had turned up in a bag of groceries that he'd bought. He assumed, at first, that it had nothing to do with him, once he finally saw it - chasing down the receipt stuck to the bottom of the sack, his hand had brushed an oddly soft paper - but it had his name on it.

He'd also thought about simply slamming the door open and shouting a greeting, but sanity intervened and pointed out that he didn't know what sort of robots they were, or if they even were robots.

It didn't win the battle about not going, though.

The door opened easily enough, though, and he stepped inside, looking around.

So far, it was all people. He wondered if one of them had sent the letter, and if it was possible to figure out who, but sanity again pointed out that it was just possible someone had lied, to lure him here. Slightly disappointed, he leaned on the wall with his coffee and looked at the others curiously.

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Ganesh Surendar
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 05:27 pm UTC (link)
By the time Ganesh entered the room, it was already full of people, none of them together but splintered off, broken into small groups. He was used to feeling the outsider but there was something about walking into a room of people whispering, nonetheless.

Digging into his pocket, he pulled the black envelope out, sliding the paper from within and slapping it down on the table.

"Some memories are not lost forever, simply forgotten," he read. "Come if you wish to find them. 3pm, Anhalt Building, 1005 E. Roy Street." Ganesh stopped, then looked at the others. "Does anyone else want to share?"

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Ganesh Surendar/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]lifeibreathe
2010-05-09 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Zadkiel jumped at the sound of Ganesh's hand slamming down on the table. He looked around, waited for someone to say something, but mostly everyone seemed to be staring.

"If you do not help them, all is lost," he said without having to look at the letter that was tucked into the inside pocket of his jacket. His voice was only audible because the noise and resulted in a resounding silence.

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Ganesh Surendar/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 05:40 pm UTC (link)
"Sorry," Ganesh said, lowering his tone, now managing to grin and blush at the same time. "I thought this was the best way to stop all of the whispering."

The fact that another person had gotten the letter was reassuring and yet, not, at the same time. Ganesh's mind contemplated what the other man had just read to him. It could quite possibly have something to do with his own and yet, it was written in such a vague way, that it could have meant anything at all. Now that the panicked heat of walking from the clinic to find the envelope on Maya's seat had gone, Ganesh realized that was true of his as well.

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Ganesh Surendar/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-09 05:46 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 05:55 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 06:03 pm UTC (link)
Del flattened his hand across the folds of his letter so he could read the few lines clearly.

"It’s a scavenger hunt, and this time, the prize gives the directions!

I’ve heard you’re impetuous – I’m curious."

Del looked up. "He's right, I am pretty impetuous. I don't know - certainly not the doom and gloom of Zed's here," he gestured. "Maybe that's the reason why I'm the only one not leaking worry here."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 06:07 pm UTC (link)
"What does worry smell like?" Ganesh asked before he could stop himself. With a grin, he glanced down at the paper. It was neatly typed. Of course. "It could be a her. Or an it. You shouldn't make assumptions although clearly they have."

He looked at Del. "It would be interesting to know who received the letter and did not come. Or have we all arrived?"

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 06:18 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 06:24 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 08:10 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 09:03 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 09:14 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 09:32 pm UTC
Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 10:01 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 10:03 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 10:10 pm UTC
Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 10:19 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 10:25 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-09 10:32 pm UTC
Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-09 10:34 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-09 10:35 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-09 10:46 pm UTC
Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-09 10:52 pm UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 11:04 pm UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe - [info]lifeibreathe, 2010-05-09 11:11 pm UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe - [info]afterwedie, 2010-05-09 11:13 pm UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-09 11:53 pm UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 12:45 am UTC
Jael Novak
[info]capraurbanus
2010-05-09 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Jael found her black envelope when she went in to work. It was lying in the freezer with the ice. What if there was a way for you to stop running? Or for you to find a path on different feet? It had said anything else, she might have asked what idiot she worked with would have risked contaminating the ice. As it was, she made up a story about a family emergency and left to investigate.

When she arrived and opened the unlocked door - she tried several of the other doors first, she had a deer-in-the-headlights moment. What the hell were a bunch of normal-looking people doing sitting around in here? Odd Joker out again, she thought.

"So...did you all get black envelopes, or is the joke just on me?

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Jael Novak/Tom Sturbridge
[info]timestoodstill
2010-05-09 06:29 pm UTC (link)
"Hail, hail, the gang's all here!" Tom waved her over. "The joke definitely is not on you. I think we probably all did. I'll show you mine if you show me yours." He held up his letter.

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]itsticking
2010-05-10 12:44 am UTC (link)
"If we're going to solve this, each of us should be playing on the same field," Ganesh commented to Del. "It seems that most of us--those of us who have shared--have a connection to the wild card. We could begin there."

But why them over others? It was a spurious connection, at best, for himself and the other nat. He wasn't sure that either of them were latents and even if they were, it was no guarantee that they'd draw.

Besides, with so many wild cards in Seattle... Ganesh's eyes kept examining the others in the room, one by one. Why them?

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Re: Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-10 01:34 am UTC (link)
"Hey, I already said that I don't have a connection to that," JT pipes up, annoyed. "I'm normal." Guiltily he adds, "Sorry, no offense."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie
[info]maxblinks
2010-05-10 01:39 am UTC (link)
"Ace," Maxxie said, having approached quietly and standing somewhere near Tom's elbow. There wasn't any point in hiding it; for all she knew, half these people could've seen her on television. "And student as well. But I'm not a local originally."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 01:42 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-10 01:47 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]plusthree, 2010-05-10 01:53 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-10 02:20 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]plusthree, 2010-05-10 02:22 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 02:25 am UTC
Re: Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-10 02:45 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]maxblinks, 2010-05-10 02:55 am UTC
Re: Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-10 03:04 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]timestoodstill, 2010-05-10 03:18 am UTC
Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe/Maxxie/Mickey - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-10 03:56 am UTC
Del/Ganesh - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 04:03 am UTC
Del/Ganesh - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-10 04:11 am UTC
Re: Del/Ganesh - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-10 04:16 am UTC
Del/Ganesh - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 04:21 am UTC
Del/Ganesh - [info]blackhole_son, 2010-05-10 04:25 am UTC
Del/Ganesh - [info]itsticking, 2010-05-10 04:45 am UTC
Re: Del/Ganesh/JT - [info]sparkleboi, 2010-05-10 02:02 pm UTC

[info]plusthree
2010-05-10 04:17 pm UTC (link)
...new thread started here as a continuance...

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