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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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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)
"Teach? No. Who's Tom?" Ganesh leaned back, his eyes skimming each one of the others for a moment before looking back at Del. "I assume, you're not speaking of yourself."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge
[info]timestoodstill
2010-05-09 09:14 pm UTC (link)
"I'm Tom," the other man said, the skinny one with the scarf around his neck, offering a hand. "I go to Seattle University."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 09:32 pm UTC (link)
"Ganesh, and I don't." He shook Tom's hand briskly. "I went to university in England so I shouldn't think there was a tie there. It's something else." Ganesh paused. "I work in robotics, forensic robotics if that's a clue to anyone."

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Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-09 10:01 pm UTC (link)
"I work at a bar and a cafe," JT comments, "And only go to school online, so no teacher connection there."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 10:03 pm UTC (link)
"Forensic robotics? For when robots commit crimes?" Del inquired confusedly. "I'm just a postman. The only robot I come into contact with is the one that distributes the mail for packaging."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 10:10 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, that's it. I create robots that rob the public blind- actually, that's relatively close, if you consider the price." He shot Del a grin to show that he was teasing. "Robots that work on crime scenes. Quite frequently, it occurs that humans are put in jeopardy but police departments hesitate to send in a living being to handle the issue. Or else in autopsy situations, you find a rare case when someone doesn't want to open up an ace or a joker..."

Ganesh stopped speaking before he could go into gory detail. It was easy to do. Instead, he turned to the blond. "No school connection? Do you see another?"

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Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-09 10:19 pm UTC (link)
JT shrugs and shakes his head.

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 10:25 pm UTC (link)
Del paused, then raised his hand. "Joker. Dancer. I do tai-chi in Washington Park," he offered freely.

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole
[info]timestoodstill
2010-05-09 10:32 pm UTC (link)
"Ace. Student, but that's been said. Born and raised in Seattle," Tom tossed in.

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Re: Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole
[info]sparkleboi
2010-05-09 10:34 pm UTC (link)
JT shrugs again, "Norm, sorry, not that either." But he dose check out both men quickly, looking slightly envious.

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]lifeibreathe
2010-05-09 10:35 pm UTC (link)
"I'm sorry," Zadkiel said. "I don't know what those words mean. Joker and Ace."

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]itsticking
2010-05-09 10:46 pm UTC (link)
The group went quiet for a moment. It was as if the man had said he didn't know what the sun was, and the moon either. Ganesh hesitated, then lept into the void of silence, his voice fast as he tried to explain.

"Are you familiar with Xenovirus Takis-A? Some people call it the Wild Card." Most people, but he didn't say that. "In this country, I think... I don't recall. It's the same in England although we sometimes use other words for ace and joker." They weren't good ones, however.

"When you draw the virus, there are three effects. Those who draw the Black Queen die." There was no need to go into how. "Aces are given powers, abilities, that are extraordinary. Jokers are..." And he looked at Del, then said, turning back to Zadkiel, "Something about their physical appearance is changed in some way to be different than human."

Pausing for breath, Ganesh turned to the group as a whole and said, "I'm a nat. Never drew the card. But both of my parents were jokers."

That was enough. Anyone with a basic understanding of genetics could see what that meant.

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Ganesh Surendar/Del Ethier/Tom Sturbridge/JT Cole/Zadkiel Thrush
[info]lifeibreathe
2010-05-09 10:52 pm UTC (link)
"Ah." He stared at the table, at the black envelopes, nudging the corner of one of them with his fingertip. "Ace, then. I work at a clinic, at reception."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]afterwedie
2010-05-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)
"Ace," Gabe said quietly, from just behind where Del stood. "Sometimes, it feels more like a joker."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]lifeibreathe
2010-05-09 11:11 pm UTC (link)
"Can you be both?"

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]afterwedie
2010-05-09 11:13 pm UTC (link)
Gabe looked startled. "Um... I dunno, man."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]blackhole_son
2010-05-09 11:53 pm UTC (link)
"You can be both," Del answered Zadkiel blithely. "I'm both. I guess." He looked at Gabe. "This is getting us nowhere."

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Ganesh/Del/Tom/JT/Zadkiel/Gabe
[info]itsticking
2010-05-10 12:45 am UTC (link)
Here, in case you don't have the thread pinned.

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