We Have All Been Genderflipped 2.0

They reach the hardware store, and Daydre takes a look at the front of it before he heads inside.

Mikaela follows suit.

edited 14th Aug '16 4:33:07 PM by Konkfan7

"Sure, I can help", Eisen replies as she "interfaces" with the projector. But this was somehow... weird, since it wasn't often when one had to spool out a VHS tape. Why would one need to do such a thing? She made no comment on it, however.

Kinda need GM to determine how exactly the projector works. Maybe it has some kind of compartment that can run the VHS tape? I'm not sure

hey, we hit and passed 1000 posts, nice

Ferrus' hardware store was decidedly an unsubtle affair. Thorough the rain, the parking lot was lit up by a network of industrial lights all wired to poles, illuminating several large trucks as customers and workers alike scurried in and out of the rain. The sign of the store itself was the name backed by a large fake hammer, lit up as much as the parking lot was. Even with the weather, it seemed like the store was fairly busy.

As the group approached, lightning lit up the sky and a low peal of thunder rolled through the valley about half a minute later...

Oddly enough, it looked like the projector itself was wired up into the VHS player somehow, through an egregiously nasty mess of cables that connected the two devices together.

Mikaela flinched at the sound of thunder and looked up at the sky.

"Damn", she commented, "We'd better get this done and go home quick."

She walked over to the door and held it open for her companions. "After you."

Ada had been chilling in the rain when the thunderclap snapped her out of her trance. She looked about to see how much time had passed. Had she really spaced out for that long? A look at her hands showed that they were all shriveled, like she'd been in the bathtub for too long. Her clothes were soaked through. Well, time to head inside.

Earlier she'd heard something about movies. Perhaps there was some merit in checking out the theater...

"Hopefully we don't get struck by lightning on the way home, what with all the metal we'll be carrying.." It's hard to tell if Daydre's joking or not as he walks inside.

As the group walks in a worker greets them.

"Hi there, welcome to Ferrus' Hardware and Supplies, how can I help you?"

His name tag identifies him as "Denzel".

Mikaela says to Daydre, "I recall Emily wanted a whole bunch of screws, bolts, and copper wires. Also, ten pounds of carbon."

"She wanted 50 pounds of metal, but I doubt we can buy that many screws and bolts to match that weight. Let's just shoot for getting a bunch of screws and ask if they sell carbon charcoal or the like.", she continues, grimacing a bit at the massive order.

edited 15th Aug '16 3:35:43 PM by Konkfan7

"Uh yeah.. that.." Daydre mutters, hoping the worker heard Mikaela.

Eisen shot Joanna a glance and a wink. "Looks like we don't really need to unspool the VHS- the film projector's wired up to the VHS player over there. It's unconventional, but hey, it works."

The Chinese woman brushes her hair as she walks over to Joanna. "So, which tape do we take?"

Karel had only stayed in the mansion long enough to re-hydrate and get out, too afraid of being found out to be able to stay. He'd been camping outdoors for the passed two weeks, managing to stay relatively okay, but he was still so lost and had no idea how to get home. Eventually he decided his best plan would be to go back to the estate to see if the people inside would be willing to help him. With the rain still falling from the sky, he unfortunately was caught in the downpour. He made it to the front step before passing out, his clothes ratty and torn, his skin fairly exposed in several places. As one may have guessed, the rain was far from helpful. Were he awake he may have chuckled, for the irony was that this was the same predicament his uncle had once been in that led him into such a crazy mess long ago. Were anyone to walk out the front door, they may be surprised to find a full-fledged merman face down on the steps, breathing slowly and heavily.

It's been so long since I've had to do this secret typing thingamajig. Sorry for being gone for so long everyone, life sort of came up. Hopefully I'm back for a while.

Ada was about to re-enter the estate when she saw Kayas' unconscious body at the steps. The fuck...? This dude wasn't here when I came out. Or maybe I'm just that unobservant... She gives his prone form a gentle nudge to the ribs with her shoe. He seems to be breathing, so he's probably not dead...

As Ada prodded the unconscious guy on the stairs she would realize that the stoop was littered with broken wood. A quick glance upwards and it would be totally apparent that the mansion was missing one of the double doors that served as the entrance...

going into turns now. one post per player, per gm post.

Karel stirs a little, his eyes squinted open.

"N....ngh.......a...agh...."

He rubs his eyes with his fist, noticing his fingers are back to being webbed, immediately waking up a lot more, his eyes widened in panic as he notices Ada. He curls up in fear and scrambles backwards, his back against the door.

"P-please don't hurt me!"

Ada openly rolls her eyes. "Oh, keep your shirt on. I probably couldn't hurt you even if I wanted to."

She then notices the smashed door. ...Crikey. That's not normal. Was that this guy's doing...?

"...You didn't happen to break anything, did you?"

Emily walks begins to walk toward the mansion, having spent the last hour napping in the workshop. As she approaches, she notices one of the others confronting a stranger lying on the ground. Raising an eyebrow, she begins to move toward Ada. However, before she can speak, she notices the shattered and missing door. Her eyes widening, she says, Please tell me you made that mess.

edited 16th Aug '16 2:08:22 PM by ZenithBloodedge

"Oh, um..."

She looks over at the pile. She also can't help but hear the sheeting of a deluge through the walls of the mansion. That might put a bit of a damper on their plans should they have to venture out to the store. ...not that it really mattered what movie they watched. All she ever needed was a distraction for the others, but...dammit, Sehkmet needs to see it, it's a classic!

"Back to the Future? That's the one we agreed on, right?"

Kit nods. "That is the name of the movie, yes."

The others may see that the wires inside the Theater, as well as any other room inside the mansion, were slowly retrating towards Ninas room.

Nina, meanwhile, sat on her bed in a meditating position, deeply in concentration. In front of her, a suit of armor was slowly forming, as if a smith hammered it out of thin air. A few minutes later, medieval weapons followed.

Erika looks about within the theater, having nothing better to do, before noticing wires on the move. "Huh?" She wondered, uncoiling and cautiously following them towards the exit of the theater.

Apologies about being a no-show for a while, but with getting tied up with other commitments and writer's block, I wasn't quite sure what to post.

Eisen heard the choice of movie, and agreed. "Pretty good show if I must say so, let's watch that."

She goes over to the VH Ses and searches for "Back to the Future". There it was, amongst the multitude of tapes that were thankfully ordered by name, so it wasn't hard to find.

"Ah, that's it. I'll help put it in." Eisen puts the tape into the VHS player that was connected to the film projector.

And just then, she sees that the wires that somebody had placed before were moving. "Hm, that's strange.... wonder what's going on? Who placed these?"

"Sorry, do you folks need a minute?" the employee looks a little awkward as he stands there.

Evidently, he did not.

"U-uh.. Do you happen to have fifty pounds of steel..?"

"And maybe ten pounds of carbon?", Mikaela added.