Thread: Dietrich searching for Claudia (Attn: Claudia)

Claudia waves a Jack Daniels bottle from the porch of her cabin. She is wearing white shorts and a white tank top and sunglasses. Her hair is piled on top of her head. She leans forward to get a better look at Dietrich.

"You found her. What the fuck do you want?"

Dietrich waves a brand new unopened bottle of Jack.

"Very nice. I found something out, and I was told you should hear it first. Should we go inside and have a chat?"

Claudia eyes the bottle of Jack in Dietrich's hand.

"If that's for me, you can come in and we can talk."

Dietrich pulls another bottle out of his cargo pocket and smiles.

"It most certainly is. And I have one for myself. Lets get to it."

Claudia waves Dietrich into her cabin, closing the door behind them.

Claudia makes sure no one is eavesdropping and asks a spirit to let her know as soon as someone gets within hearing distance.

"Alright, you have my attention, Fenrir."

Dietrich walks into the cabin and sets the bottle down on the table. He finds a seat and makes himself comfortable.

"I was coming back from my patrol of the city tonight, and something smell kind of funny. You heard of those Raves going on out at that homestead in the barn?"

Claudia looks at Dietrich curiously.

"We'd heard the raves had been shut down due to a lack of population. I guess they've started up again now that the city's growing again?"

06[18:30] * @Claudia sits at the table swilling from the bottle
[18:30] <@Claudia> So they're having parties again?
06[18:31] * Dietrich_ nods as he cracks open his bottle and takes a swig
01[18:31] <Dietrich_> Oh yeah, they got all the kids goin out there. But far as I've heard, they're clean, at least as far as the humans know.
[18:32] <@Claudia> .... As far as the humans know....
06[18:32] * @Claudia raises an eyebrow
06[18:32] * Dietrich_ shrugs
[18:32] <@Claudia> Don't be a fuckhead. Out with it
01[18:33] <Dietrich_> Well, I got a spirit to help me find out what smelled funny, since I can't tell the difference.
01[18:33] <Dietrich_> It's a leech.
[18:33] <@Claudia> I'd heard there were some in town.
06[18:33] * Dietrich_ shakes his head
[18:33] <@Claudia> Tempest is being a bitch about who does what though.
01[18:33] <Dietrich_> Not the same stuff here.
[18:34] <@Claudia> What do you mean not the same
01[18:34] <Dietrich_> Not in town, only out at this farmhouse.
01[18:34] <Dietrich_> You are going to think this is crazy.
06[18:34] * @Claudia leans forward
06[18:34] * Dietrich_ takes another pull off the bottle
01[18:35] <Dietrich_> I waited around til night, to see if I could see the leech.
06[18:35] * @Claudia takes another drink and shrugs
[18:35] <@Claudia> They fucking smell bad, all of them.
01[18:35] <Dietrich_> What was in that house didn't look like a leech. It was a snake.
01[18:35] <Dietrich_> A huge fuckin snake!
06[18:36] * @Claudia sets the bottle down very very carefully.
[18:36] <@Claudia> A .... what?
06[18:36] * Dietrich_ looks at her confused
01[18:36] <Dietrich_> You don't think I'm crazy?
01[18:38] <Dietrich_> It was a snake, made that monster snake in the Harry Potter movie look like a housecat next to a tiger.
06[18:39] * @Claudia snarls deep in her throat, her rage coming to the surface.
06[18:39] * Dietrich_ sets his bottle down
[18:39] <@Claudia> Where... did you say this was..?
01[18:39] <Dietrich_> You ok there? It's just past the bawn a ways.
[18:41] <@Claudia> Farm... to the South...
06[18:41] * Dietrich_ looks at Claudia, cautiously
06[18:41] * @Claudia stands up and pulls a backpack out from under her bed.
01[18:41] <Dietrich_> Yeah...
[18:41] <@Claudia> That fucking cocksucker
01[18:41] <Dietrich_> What are you doing?
06[18:41] * Dietrich_ stands up
06[18:42] * @Claudia moves to an armoir and opens it, revealing all kinds of wicked looking blades and hand guns, and stranger more mystical looking things
01[18:42] <Dietrich_> Are you going after it?
[18:43] <@Claudia> Fuck YES I am!
06[18:43] * @Claudia begins inspecting weapons and putting them into the bag.
06[18:44] * Dietrich_ checks all his pistols
01[18:44] <Dietrich_> Right now?
06[18:44] * @Claudia straps on several Egyptian symbols and two Desert Eagle .50's
[18:45] <@Claudia> Yes right now. Would you rather I wait?
06[18:45] * Dietrich_ blinks
01[18:46] <Dietrich_> I guess not, but I'll have to go along.
[18:46] <@Claudia> Why?
06[18:46] * Dietrich_ shrugs
01[18:46] <Dietrich_> Team and a plan.
06[18:46] * @Claudia straps a strange amulet around her neck and tapes it to her chest, throwing a ratty shirt over it
01[18:46] <Dietrich_> Never go in without backup.
06[18:48] * @Claudia pulls a scimitar out of the cabinet with an obsidian black blade that shines in the light.
01[18:49] <Dietrich_> Do I have time to go get some more weapons, or you gonna share?
06[18:49] * @Claudia waves at the cabinet. "Take only what you know how to use. Extra ammo in the drawers"
06[18:49] * Dietrich_ looks for a combat shotgun if he can find one, and the biggest sword he can find
06[18:50] * @Claudia nods as you take both out of the cabinet.
[18:50] <@Claudia> Good choices
06[18:51] * Dietrich_ grabs as many shotgun shells as he can fit in the recently vacated pocket
01[18:51] <Dietrich_> I know what I am doing.
06[18:51] * Dietrich_ grins
[18:52] <@Claudia> But you've never hunted one of these before.
01[18:53] <Dietrich_> Everything I know of dies if you take the head off.
[18:56] <@Claudia> This is true. Do NOT look it in the eyes.
01[18:57] <Dietrich_> Ok, anything else I should know? Do we have a plan?
06[19:01] * @Claudia sighs
[19:01] <@Claudia> Take the head
[19:01] <@Claudia> Sunlight really fucks them up
[19:01] <@Claudia> More than the others
[19:01] <@Claudia> No eye contact, don't listen to anything they say
01[19:01] <Dietrich_> Its night, I don't have any sunlight.
[19:02] <@Claudia> I'm a theurge, I always have sunlight.
06[19:02] * Dietrich_ hands Claudia foam earplugs from his pocket
06[19:02] * @Claudia looks at the ear plugs and grins
[19:02] <@Claudia> Nice
06[19:02] * Dietrich_ pulls out 2 pairs of reflective sunglasses and hands her one of those as well
06[19:02] * @Claudia holds up the scimitar. "This weapon here was crafted specially to fight this kind of leech"
01[19:03] <Dietrich_> Well, then we try to sneak up behind it?
[19:03] <@Claudia> Oh and one other thing, they can vanish from sight
01[19:04] <Dietrich_> Fuck, I don't know if I have anything for that.
[19:04] <@Claudia> Grab hold as soon as possible.
06[19:04] * Dietrich_ grabs his still nearly full bottle of jack
01[19:05] <Dietrich_> We might need this too.
[19:05] <@Claudia> We will
[19:05] <@Claudia> Fire always hurts
06[19:06] * Dietrich_ jacks a cartridge in the shotgun one-handed, bottle in the other
01[19:06] <Dietrich_> Ready?
06[19:07] * @Claudia closes her eyes and grabs Dietrich's hand. She says what is obviously a prayer in Egyptian
06[19:07] * Dietrich_ holds Claudia's hand and closes his eyes
[19:07] <@Claudia> Ok, let's ride.
06[19:08] * Dietrich_ nods

Claudia is not pleased. She comes striding quickly out of the cabin with two guns in hip holsters, two in thigh holsters. There is a gold Egyptian medalion hanging around her neck, she's wearing mirrored sunglasses and has a wicked looking dagger in one hand and a scimitar with a solid black blade in the other. The rage can be felt pouring off of her.

Dietrich trots out of the cabin right behind her, same sunglasses, with a combat shotgun in a belt holster and a short sword in his left hand. In his right hand is a bottle of Jack Daniels. They both jog toward the south without a word. It's obvious they have a plan and a mission.