He can feel the blood, still hot in his system, as he approaches the Asylum. He attunes his senses as he creeps closer. The crumbling stone dungeon reeks of madness, like the smell wafting off of rotten meat. With the light bending around him, he is invisible to mortal eyes, yet he keeps his distance. He stays near the cover of trees and shadows, advancing slowly. You never know who may be looking.

2008-05-31 12:55:32 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Sneaking 5,1,3,7,10, 10,7 (3 successes) [thats for anyone/thing that can see through Unseen Presence]

Solomon circles the building, looking for signs of company or anything out of the ordinary.

2008-05-31 13:11:15 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Searching (Diff 5) 4,1,2,6,3, 2,6 (1 success)

Confident he has found something, Solomon focuses his mind. Like lightening coursing through a sea of gossamer strands, his mind reaches out through the Network, straining.... searching...

2008-05-31 13:14:29 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Scanning (Diff 9) 5,8,9,7,5, 6,6 (1 success)

Solomon can see tons of signs that people were here. Broken windows, smeared mud, footprints, blood, hypodermic needles, bricks out of place. This place is probably a rainy night last resort for the homeless and destitute.

Theres no sign of anyone watching him, the place is an eerie pocket of silence compared to the surrounding slums...

As Solomon reaches out into the cobwebs he feels cant get too deep. Theres something but he isnt picking up any recognizable signals or anything specific... it really just could be the static resonance of the place looming before him...

Solomon is perplexed by his findings, and decides that further investigation is warranted. He slips through a broken window and into Bedlam.

2008-06-02 15:47:37 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Sneaking 3,1,7,5,5, 5,6 (1 success)

Once he enters, he focuses his senses, listening for any indication of company.

2008-06-02 15:51:02 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Detect Noise (Diff 5) 7,8,7,1,10,8,1,9 (4 successes)  

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Solomons ears pick up on the scurrying of rats in the walls, a distinctly phlegmy cough from somewhere in the upper levels, and a barely audible thudding from somewhere far below...

Solomon will sweep through the ground floor, quickly checking out each room before moving on...

2008-06-02 17:08:08 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Alertness (Diff 7) 1,7,3,10,3, 3,2 (1 success)

Most of the windows on the ground floor still have bars across them. No glass these days, it all lays on the floor crunchy and sharp. The rooms vary depending on who graffitied what and who defecated where but they are basically all the same crumbling little cells.

What Solomon will notice of import is a few snares or wires that if tripped would either attach him to the ceiling or make a ton of noise.

Someone booby trapped the place...

Solomon finds a set of stairs and begins to work his way upwards, towards the owner of the cough. He moves as quietly as he can and makes sure to watch out for traps.

2008-06-02 17:29:57 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Find Traps (Diff 7) 7,9,9,5,5, 9,3 (4 successes)
2008-06-02 17:31:45 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Sneaking 9,10,6,6,8, 3,3 (5 successes)

Up three levels Solomon will locate the owner of the cough.

In a large open cafeteria with a couple left behind tables there is a man. Hes laying on one of the tables on his back. Hes wearing thick rags and holding a very bottle shaped paper bag on his bloated stomach.

He coughs a few more times before he breaks into disjointed song in a cracked voice...

'Oh my darlinnnn... Oh my Darlinnnn'

As the "bum" sings, Solomon slips closer. He just has to be sure. He leans in over the man, close to his chest...

2008-06-02 17:45:57 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Listening for heartbeat (Diff 7) 8,9,10,3,1,9,9 (4 successes)

Thump-Thump-Thump. The mans heart is luckily far more rythmic than his singing.

He hiccups and moves to the next verse, his left wrist jerking a bit against a pair of handcuffs that keep him attacked to that table...

'Oh mah Darlinnn Cementine....'

Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Solomon does a double take, glancing this way and that around the room, searching for any other signs of life... or unlife.

2008-06-02 18:10:13 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Look and Listen 6,4,1,9,1,4,5 (failure)

He then works his way back the towards the door.  

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'You were sloshed and gone foreverrr...' The drunk bum snickers at his manipulation of the words.

'Oh my darlinnn... Celementineeee..' He caps his performance with a gut busting burp before he drops the bottle to the floor...

'Oh shit... Guys?.. Hey! Ohhh Guyyyyssss...' He begins yelling, his voice echoing through the Asylums empty halls...

Solomon quickly takes cover in the corner closest to the door, behind a table and some assorted debris.

2008-06-02 18:48:22 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Hiding 9,9,4,6,6,9,4 (5 successes)

The bum burps again. 'Cmonnn Guyyys i dropped mah fucking Botttlee and its probablyyy spilling!'

Above the echoes of the bums voice Solomon will hear doors. One opens, and short after three slam. A slamming door followed by a grinding noise of a brace moving into place, sealing the place up.

'Let em all go Boys im sick of feeding that Bum booze!'

Solomon will hear a loud voice yelling, probably from the first floor...

Solomon holds his position, confident in his ability to hide. He slowly slides his sword from its sheath, keeping it under his cloak.

He waits for hell to come to him.

Hell comes Galloping.

Solomon can hear them all the way from the basement. The shock troops that were once just junkies and runaways who gave handjobs for meth money at the Commons motel.

The three of them charge upstairs with strange wooping calls to eachother. When they finally burst into the room from the door across the cafeteria the Bum is screaming bloody murder and tugging against his cuffs.

The girls are naked, with dead pale skin and obvious modifications. The leader is bald and tall, with bony arms that end in long bladelike bone constructs. Her face is a twisted mask and her jaw hangs low by at least an extra six inches.

The two underdogs are shorter in stature and still have patchy hair on their heads. One has about twelve long fingers on each hand, ending in bony knubs. Her shoulders and ribs protrude with short spikes.

The final one has no lower jaw. Her teeth are long tusks and her tounge hangs down freely by about a foot. She has one arm that is twice as long as it should be ending in a three clawed hand with wicked looking nails.

The three crash into the table and attack the screaming bum with horrible ripping and tearing of his flesh. They are ravenous and will devour him...

In the back of Solomons head he begins to feel others. Not just these girls, if they can still be called such, but more intelligent, unseen others...

Solomon steadies his nerves and moved not a hair. His position does not seem to be compromised. With gods know what lurking about unseen, he does not wish to fight these creatures here, now...

but, he will do as he must.

The three bizzare females tear the bum limb from limb with delight. They feast of his flesh and guzzle his booze laden blood.

The aslylum is near silent as their fervor winds down. The unseen presences Solomon can feel dont seem to be moving, but they are there. Unmistakeable, unseen and watching...

Solomon knows he is boxed in. This 3rd floor cafeteria is probably one of the worst places to be. Its made to be secure for a few dozen psychos to eat meals. Its not someplace you can easily escape from...

The door to the kitchen is slightly ajar, its hindges look weak but the kitchen beyond cant be seen... One can only make assumptions, but odds are the kitchen has a better means of egress than the hallways do...

Yes, Solomon knows that he is boxed in. Yet, he is not afraid. He knows that he must warn the Prince... but first, he has to get out of here.

Working his way slowly towards the kitchen door, Solomon watches the creatures for any sign that they notice him. If one even glances in his direction, he is ready to bolt through the doors.

2008-06-05 15:32:36 Solomon rolls 7 dice to Wits+Stealth 4,1,8,6,2, 3,9 (2 successes)  

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2008-06-05 21:50:46 radiation rolls 5 dice to shock troops (Diff 8) 10,8,4,9,4 (3 successes )

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As Solomon begins to creep something gives away his position. Some tiny crunch of glass, or puff of dust. Whatever it is, The alpha of the shock troops suddenly locks eyes in his direction... Not on him, but at him...

The thing whoops again, the hunting call to its two friends, and all three start slinking towards that kitchen door and Solomon...