The Stars Are Left (RP Thread)

[Brisky]

'Strange..."

Sarah whispered out to herself as she sat on her bed examining the wound. The moments before she entered the appartement, she was convinced that she was going to have a hard time with the wound for having delayed from cleaning it for so long. But strangely, it seemed like the wound barely had anything in it at all, and was almost closed up from the inside entirely.

But after all the strange things that happened today, Sarah was completely exhausted, and didn't want to think, nor feel worried about it. The wound seemed to be much less worse than she'd expected, so she just decided to lie down in her bed.

She stretched out, and as she layed her head down on the soft pillow her eyes snapped shut and immense gulf of fear induced adrenaline washed over her body from the legs up, almost completely paralysing her. Suddenly, she was surrounded in dead silence. Her body rested on what felt like a thin quilt spreaded out over the cold metal floor from a vast, pitch black, empty space.

The only things breaking the ghastly silence were the sounds from the large metal structure violently shearing and creaking, hollowly echoeing troughout the space.

She felt terrified. Too scared to even move or open her eyes to see where she was. But luckily, after what felt like only half a minute, paralyzed in the prison that seemed to scare her soo much she couldn't even open her eyes and look at it, she awoke from the nightmare, panting heavily and drenched in sweat.


It was still dark outside, and only about 6 in the morning.

Still shook up from the nightmare, she rubbed her hands over her face for a few minutes before sitting upright on her bed. But as she got up, her foot bumped against something strange.

It was a weird, white, cylindrical object. About the size of a large knife. At the bottom, two mechanically extend arms where flipped downwards, flush with the bottom of the device, where a hypodermic needle portruded out of it. When she picked it up, the item felt sturdy, like metal, but not nearly as cold. And, strangely, very light. Weird, foreign looking symbols were printed all over it. Accompanied by illustrations that seemed to show safety caps being removed from the device, and a simple illustration of what looked like a person placing it on his leg.

As she stared at the needle, a feeling of shock shot trough her body as she felt a sharp, mildly stinging pain in her upper thigh. Nearly panicking, she dropped the device and started moving the fur on her leg out of the way, right on the spot where she felt the stinging.

And there. right there... She found a trace from a tiny puncture wound that went deep into her upper leg...

[cuzyeahboi]

(Sorry for the ridiculously long wait, a few things popped up and depression decided that would be a nice time to flare up. Hopefully I'll be more active now. Hope you haven't left me too far back in the dust yet)
Kai nods and flips through the book idly for a few minutes more. She stood, "See you then." Returning the book she waved a last goodbye to Ray, before stepping out of the library.

[Rayleonarde]

The next few days pass without too much incident. Work at the office goes on as normal, even as speculation surrounding Edwin's disappearance circulated around the office.


-Kai-
You notice Stella coming in a few minutes later than normal, her hair a bedraggled mess and clothes looking rather dirty. Seems like she had a rough night. Your calendar reads as Friday.
-Sarah-
Your desk is much better than before, the beautiful oak-wood full-paneled desk and soft velvet wing-backed chair are probably the most comfortable things you've had in your possession for a long time. Jayce nods at you from his office, offering a wave. The calendar on the wall denotes the day as Friday.


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Ray sighs as he takes his position near the center of the office. He glances as Stella as she takes a seat.
"Well...we shouldn't get hung up with what's happened. We can't let it bring us, or the company, down."


-Kai-
Your phone rings, the annoying noise seeps deep into your mind.


-Sarah-
The intercom chirps as Jayce activates his end. "Sarah? Do you remember who's supposed to meet with me today? Mister...something or other. Eastern bloc fella. Also, be a dear and get me a carton of cigarettes, would you?"

[cuzyeahboi]

Kai continues doing her current task for a few seconds, before the sound of it ringing registers with her.


She picks it up, answering it and bringing it to her ear. "Yes?" She asks quietly, looking up to Ray and nodding a quick apology for taking the call then.


She pulls a small notepad from the recesses of her bag and notes down the number.

[Brisky]

As the intercom sounded, Sarah woke up behind her desk.

She felt fuzzy and confused. As Jayce's voice sounded over the intercom, her mind had to pull back on the strings to make things make sense.

Still half asleep, she automatically flung up on her chair, skimmed an open notepad on her desk, and pressed the intercom button.

"Uhhhhm, Yes! M.D... Janiusz. Milek D. Janiusz..."

Wait... Where am I?

She thought as she looked up over her desk, and her mind once again, over the course of a second or so, worked out where she was, and what had happened before she fell asleep...

[Rayleonarde]

-Sarah-
Jayce chuckles warmly. “Already sleeping on the job? Tsk tsk, power’s gone to your head. Anyway, go ahead and contact Mister Janiusz, remind him of our appointment. Cigarettes too, please. I believe there’s a carton in the storage closet.”


You feel the eyes of a certain she-bat attempting to bore a hole in your head.


-Kai-
-Caller ID hasn’t been invented yet, so you’d have to ask for the number-


The voice is very familiar, belonging to Arturo. “Hey. Tell Ray I foun’ ‘is thing. The uh...the box he’d been hunting for. I’ll have it over in a few hours.”

[Brisky]

"Yes! Call man, get cigarettes." -Sarah acknowledged back to Jayce.

"Oh, and sorry for falling asleep. I've had a rather bad rest..." -She followed up with a quit voice, thinking about the syringe.

As she picked up the phone to call "the east block fella" She couldn't shake the feeling of being watched, and instinctively turned around in her chair to look behind her...

[cuzyeahboi]

whoops))


"Alright, oh hey. What's your number? I might need to call you at some point." She said, looking up at Ray she stayed sitting, with a pen and notepad to write down his phone number.

[Rayleonarde]

-Kai-
“Doesn’t matter,” Arturo grunts. “It’s a payphone. Jus’ let Ray know I got his stuff.”


-Sarah-
You see Stella staring daggers, obviously livid. She slowly returns her attention to her paperwork, but glances up at you intermittently.

[Brisky]

Sarah sighed as she turned back towards her desk to find the phone number.

Why does it always have to be like this? -She thought to herself as she got up from the desk and headed for the storage, passing right by Stella's desk.

"Don't look at me like that, I didn't De you, I'm just the replacement."

She said as she walked past Stella, with a tired tone to her voice.

[cuzyeahboi]

"Right. Anything else?" She asked, continuing to work on her current task, holding the phone to her ear with her shoulder.


She vaguely wondered why Aruto knew her number but assumed it was probably from her application or he got it from somebody else.

[Rayleonarde]

-Kai-
A few beats of silence pass, before Arturo speaks. “Yeah...jus’ tell Ray I saw one.” There’s a sudden burst of sound, and the phone goes dead. It’s hard to describe what it was. It plauges your mind for a moment.


-Sarah-
Stella, as you approach, withdraws from you, as if you had drawn a gun on her.
As you open the storage closet, you feel drawn to a particular box. Without opening it, you know its contents; the cigarettes Jayce had given you the other day. As you pick up the cardboard, you immediately feel driven to take one, although a part of you knows you don’t need it.

[Brisky]

Sarah resisted the urge to take one of the cigarettes. She simply closed the closet and stepped away...

Good... -She thought to herself as she saw Stella take on a submissive pose.

Without noticing herself, Sarah subtly raised her head and chest as she left the room to head to Jayce's office. She didn't intend to take on such a dominant position. But, now that she had it, some unknown part deep inside of her was planning on keeping it...

[cuzyeahboi]

She thought about it for a moment before putting her pen and phone down and getting up. She walked to Ray -or Knocked on his office door-,

"R- Sir? Arturo wanted you to know, he found "the box" you've been looking for. He'll have it over in a few hours. Also, he saw one. " She said quietly, lower than her usual tone.

[Rayleonarde]

-Kai-
A look of worry lances briefly across Ray’s face, but quickly returns to his usual all-smiles demeanor. “Very good. Thank you for letting me know.” He turns, quickly retreating to his office.


-Sarah-
Jayce smiles as you enter his office, cigarettes in tow. “Ah, good! I was worried that we’d run out.” As he looks you up and down, something in his eyes let’s on that he’s taken notice of your change in stance, and he enjoys it. He stands, takes his cigarettes and places them on his desk, fishing one of the white sticks from its home. Jayce sticks the cigarette in his mouth and begins speaking through a half closed mouth as he lights his smoke.
“S’what time’s my appointment? I’ve forgotten.”