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maskormenacelogs2018-01-31 08:53 pm
drivesadesk) wrote in maskormenacelogs2018-01-31 08:53 pm
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WHO: Jonathan Walsh, Magnus Burnsides, and friends and associates of Magnus who might notice him being stalked
WHERE: Mostly Maurtia Falls
WHEN: January 31st to February 2nd
WHAT: Jonathan is trying to get his sleuth on
WARNINGS: Jonathan is being an idiot. Someone might light him on fire, idk
January 31- February 2
After a few days of getting dodgy, incomplete answers whenever he tried to look into what happened in Maurtia Falls, Jonathan was growing increasingly unsatisfied. Lucretia had obviously known something, but refused to give any details, and the only lead he had was that Archie was going to the home of a 'Magnus Burnsides' when he was possessed. The first step to figuring out what he should do, clearly, was to find this Magnus and see if he knew anything.
By stalking him.
Jonathan started by looking through old video footage in his communicator until he could identify the man by sight and voice, and when he recognized that voice as one of the ones wailing when Lucretia gave the news that Archie was dead, his suspicion grew. Lucretia was hiding something, and the person Archie had been going to see was with her when it all went down.
From there, it was a matter of getting enough information on him so he could find the man, and he did this by going online, looking around in imPort fan sites, and finding places where Magnus had been spotted. He started hanging out in those places, waiting for a chance encounter, and from there would be subtle as possible, sipping a coffee or browsing around in shops, listening in on the man and following a little bit after.
He was discreet, but not invisible, and there was a chance that Magnus or one of his friends would notice Jonathan hanging around the area a lot. And, as it grew closer to the 3rd, they might notice him near the house, hanging just out of sight of the residents within. If they spotted him, they'd have to try and stop him, or else he'd try to slip away quickly.
February 3rd
Then he finally decided to confront Magnus in an official way. Normal people might do this by simply approaching him and asking questions, but Jonathan wanted to make an impression. He wanted to shock Magnus into a response. For this, he went without his skin suit. Normally he didn't show his real appearance, but now he wanted to unsettle Magnus and make him uncomfortable, and he felt like his scaly, snake like features would help that. He also put on his black bodysuit that he was wearing when he was brought here. Then, he grabbed a crow bar and sneaked over there in the dark of night, using the crowbar as a wedge to break in through the back door.
If he managed to do this without being stopped, he'd find a chair in a dark room and sit in it, trying to figure out what positioning would create the most dramatic, imposing appearance so he can make his 'entrance' and try to get some answers.
WHERE: Mostly Maurtia Falls
WHEN: January 31st to February 2nd
WHAT: Jonathan is trying to get his sleuth on
WARNINGS: Jonathan is being an idiot. Someone might light him on fire, idk
January 31- February 2
After a few days of getting dodgy, incomplete answers whenever he tried to look into what happened in Maurtia Falls, Jonathan was growing increasingly unsatisfied. Lucretia had obviously known something, but refused to give any details, and the only lead he had was that Archie was going to the home of a 'Magnus Burnsides' when he was possessed. The first step to figuring out what he should do, clearly, was to find this Magnus and see if he knew anything.
By stalking him.
Jonathan started by looking through old video footage in his communicator until he could identify the man by sight and voice, and when he recognized that voice as one of the ones wailing when Lucretia gave the news that Archie was dead, his suspicion grew. Lucretia was hiding something, and the person Archie had been going to see was with her when it all went down.
From there, it was a matter of getting enough information on him so he could find the man, and he did this by going online, looking around in imPort fan sites, and finding places where Magnus had been spotted. He started hanging out in those places, waiting for a chance encounter, and from there would be subtle as possible, sipping a coffee or browsing around in shops, listening in on the man and following a little bit after.
He was discreet, but not invisible, and there was a chance that Magnus or one of his friends would notice Jonathan hanging around the area a lot. And, as it grew closer to the 3rd, they might notice him near the house, hanging just out of sight of the residents within. If they spotted him, they'd have to try and stop him, or else he'd try to slip away quickly.
February 3rd
Then he finally decided to confront Magnus in an official way. Normal people might do this by simply approaching him and asking questions, but Jonathan wanted to make an impression. He wanted to shock Magnus into a response. For this, he went without his skin suit. Normally he didn't show his real appearance, but now he wanted to unsettle Magnus and make him uncomfortable, and he felt like his scaly, snake like features would help that. He also put on his black bodysuit that he was wearing when he was brought here. Then, he grabbed a crow bar and sneaked over there in the dark of night, using the crowbar as a wedge to break in through the back door.
If he managed to do this without being stopped, he'd find a chair in a dark room and sit in it, trying to figure out what positioning would create the most dramatic, imposing appearance so he can make his 'entrance' and try to get some answers.
Feb 3rd!
... Angus didn't connect that person to the Dragonborn(?) man creeping through the back door, but creepers were almost as bad as burglars, and he could deal with both. Jonathan would find a small boy in magnifying-glass-print PJs leaning around the doorway and aiming a wand at his face, his expression grave. The tip of the wand glowed a light blue, reflecting off his glasses in the dark. He didn't have any actual spells on the go, this was just Prestidigitation, a cantrip mostly used for sparkles and minor illusions, but Jonathan didn't need to know that.
"Hands in the air, sir, and drop the crowbar. I won't ask twice."
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"What's going on? Who're you?"
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"Shit!"
He dropped the crowbar, putting his hands in the air. The, he saw someone else come up and join the young wizard (or at least, he was assuming this boy was a wizard).
"I'm...uh...just a concerned citizen. Testing the security of your house. It's looking good! So...I'm just going to go, then."
He started to turn, eying the wand warily in case it looked like the kid was about to cast something.
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"Sir! We have a home invader!"
A home invader who was trying to flee the scene of the crime, at that. Angus squinted and cast Levitate at him with a flick of his wrist. If the spell succeeded, Jonathan would end up floating in place about two feet off the ground.
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As soon as Angus casts Levitate, Merle bellows, "I cast Zone of Truth!" He knows he doesn't need to announce the spell as he casts it, but he does anyway. So long as the intruder doesn't succeed his saving throw, he is now unable to tell a lie.
"Now," he continues, stepping closer to the levitating intruder, "Why don't you tel us why you're really here?"
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Jonathan opened his mouth again to answer Merle, and this time the truth came spilling out. "I'm here to find out what happened to Archie! With the rock, and the him turning me into a tree, and covering Maurtia Falls in vines. All I know is he was on his way here, then suddenly he gets possessed, and then he gets killed, and Lucretia starts acting all dodgy like she's hiding something, and I know she knows Magnus. So I think he or someone here did something bad that hurt Archie and you're all hiding it! And Archie's too nice to blame anyone but himself, even though I know this can't be his fault!"
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"Sir, I'm very sorry that you got turned into a tree and everything, but it wasn't anyone's fault. The rock is magic, it possesses people and it's almost impossible to resist. Magnus and the others were trying to stop it, they're some of the only people in our world who can resist it's affect."
He glances sidelong at Merle as he speaks. Angus wasn't actually here for The Incident, so the rest of this is probably better left to someone who experienced it.
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But it's the middle of the goddamn night, and Merle's patience is running thin. He stomps forward across the kitchen, his slippers shuffling on the linoleum. He reaches up as high as he can reach, standing only three and a half feet tall, and grabs a handful of the dragonborn's bodysuit, yanking him down to eye level.
"You listen here, you scaly sneak. Lucretia and Magnus've got nothing to do with this! It's not Magnus' fault the stone was brought into this world along with him, and it's not anyone's fault that Archie found it. The rock got in his head, because that's what the Relics do. You're lucky you were only temporarily turned into a tree— the last time this Relic was used, people lost their lives and their limbs!" He gestures with his soulwood arm for emphasis. "So maybe next time you suspect foul play, you come around in the daytime and you ASK PEOPLE before you go sneaking into their house!"
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"So that's how it got here? The stone came through with Magnus?"
Which is what he focused on before thinking about the rest of the rant, mostly because it gave him a more solid idea of what Magnus's role in all of this was. And honestly, he believed that it wasn't Magnus's fault it came through. However, he wasn't ready to just accept that it was no one's fault it was found.
"A couple people are still trees. A telepath assured me that they're not still aware, not like I was. So that's...something. Still shit, but something." Referring, of course, to the Winchesters, unaware that the trees were simply left behind due to them porting out. "And it's not something I want happening again, so it would be nice to know what's different now that someone won't 'just find' it again. Sneaking's generally a better way to get answers for that sort of thing than simply asking politely when you can't do that whole 'Zone of Truth' thing."
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... Probably a little of both, to be honest.
"Nobody wants it to happen again!" he pipes up, "The Director-- I mean, Lucretia, she's secured it. She... she knows how to deal with the relics. And frankly speaking, sir, you never tried the polite approach, you just went straight for creepy. You're the one who made that anonymous post on the network a few days ago, aren't you? Are you also the one who's been trying to stalk Magnus?"
He's throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall, here, but some of it might stick!
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He lets go of the man's bodysuit, turning and waving a dismissive hand over his shoulder.
"The Director is the one who has the answers for where the relic is now. Try sneaking into her house." He's just done. He's tired, and he's finished arguing over something that's already a done deal. He walks back out of the kitchen, pausing at the doorway to say over his shoulder, "Ango, show him the door."
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He might have just been throwing spaghetti at the wall, but all of it stuck. He could try to argue that he'd tried talking to Lucretia over the network, but...he didn't really feel like it. Besides, they were letting him go. He was assuming 'Ango' would probably use his magic to literally throw him out, because that was how these things usually worked, so he close his eyes, gritted his teeth and braced himself for impact.
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In the end, Jonathan isn't so much thrown out the door DJ Jazzy Jeff style as he is gently pushed outside, since he's still floating a foot above ground. Once he's level with the front steps, Angus lets the spell drop, and the man is free to go.
"That was very rude and creepy of you, sir," he says, adjusting his glasses and giving Jonathan a glare that makes him look like a tiny, disapproving librarian. "Please don't do it again, Magnus is still pretty messed up over this, and he doesn't need to feel any worse. Also, I really wouldn't recommend breaking into the Director's house. I doubt she'd show the restraint that we did."
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"Yeah, not trying that again. Not after failing that horribly."
And with that, Jonathan turned, planning on slinking off into the night unless Angus had more to say.