Case 52 (Voice)

[manofgnee]

A Citywide blackout, and the only things that really work are the comm devices...

[Hanna sighs. He sounds sort of nervous.]

I'm not one to be afraid of the dark, because usually the dark is cool and has many neat secrets in it, but today...I dunno. This isn't your regular ordinary darkness.

This is...advanced darkness. Complete with a topping of wrong and a side dish of freaky.


[Another sigh, and the sound of something flicking, like a switch.]

Thank goodness for flashlights and magic markers, though. I think I'd be screwed otherwise, the batteries in this thing died out about an hour ago...

Those statues, though...they're everywhere...

[What sounds like nervous baahing can be heard. It is now clear that Hanna has his pet sheep, Iznagi, with him.]

No, I know, Iznagi, they're freaky and oozing unhumanness. But I can't figure out if they're just possessed or alien...

...I turned my back on one for a moment earlier, and when I looked back, it moved closer. That's why Iznagi is here, so I've got another set of eyes.


They have to come from somewhere...

So what exactly do they do? And, more importantly, how do we get rid of them?


[Another baa noise can be heard, followed by an exasperated 'humph'.]

Yeah, yeah, I'll ask about the hammer.

Is it ok to try and smash them with a hammer, or will that just crank the badness up to 11?



[ooc: Probably should backdate this to a little earlier...also, responses will be slow or nonexistant for a little while, since I'm out of town for college things and don't have a reliable and consistent source of internet...D: Sorry!!]

Comments

[lady-wandering.livejournal.com]

They're unable to move if you look at them. The moment you look away they're free to move.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Oh.

What happens if you don't look at them?

...Can I try to smash it?

[lady-wandering.livejournal.com]

They attack.

I don't believe you'll be able to smash it. They look like stone, but they really aren't. And it is human instinct to flinch and blink when striking something that can shatter. At that range the instant your eyes closed, it would bee too late. They will have moved and likely reached you.

I can't hazard to guess what the result of such an attack would be here in the City, but back home, it isn't something most people would like.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Well, crap.

I've got my sheep here as an extra set of eyes...so it's not like somebody wouldn't be looking at them...

To risk it or not to risk it...hm...

[lady-wandering.livejournal.com]

Watching it is the best course at this time.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I guess...

I'll just keep doing that.

[lady-wandering.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I can't be of more help.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

It's ok. I mean, they won't be here forever, right?

[lady-wandering.livejournal.com]

No, I expect they'll be gone after midnight.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Ok, I can hold out till then.

voice

[sings4dragons.livejournal.com]

I don't think a hammer will help. I wouldn't want to get close enough to touch them.

voice

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Technically, the hammer would be doing the touching...

voice

[sings4dragons.livejournal.com]

Do you honestly want to get close enough to try? If you can touch them with the hammer, then they can touch you just as easily.

voice

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...Yeah...

But I've got Iznagi with me! Extra set of eyes, so that they can't move cuz somebody is always looking at them! And they can't attack if they can't move, right?

voice

[sings4dragons.livejournal.com]

Is it something you want to chance?

voice

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...Well...

No. No, I guess not.