With that, the meeting ended and everyone went their separate ways. [color=2e2c2c][i]Stay away from the Black Manor.[/i][/color]


[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/TEvPZje.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/OgAxSZT.png[/img][/center][b]Interactions:[/b] Erik ([@EpicRoleplay]), & Gene ([@Drag])[right][b][code]The Webb Family Coffee House ---> Moss Motel.[/code][/b][/right][hr]


[quote=Erik]"I suppose that's a good place to start, but there's only two outcomes I can see happening here. We find them alive, or what's left. It could be dangerous, life-threatening even. If you're willing to accept those risks, I'll give you a hand but be cautious of everyone and everything. Otherwise, we might end up missing just like them." [/quote]

Jasmine smiled... it was an odd thing to smile at, but her response would probably bring everything together.

[color=saddlebrown]"You will find that I am up to the task."[/color]

Now, that wasn't to say that Jasmine wasn't the least bit worried but she knew that, at best, those goofy ass girls were probably off lost in the swamp or something. Though, it did feel a little bit weird that this was the first time that they heard about this... it was still, likely, a mundane explanation for all of this. No slasher villain was going to come out of the woodwork with a mask and a machete and hack them to bits, or a monster or whatever.

[color=saddlebrown]"You watch too many movies, ya? Let's just start with the motel and see what we can find on [i]Eleanor[/i] first, that's why we are all here, right? [i]Right?[/i]"[/color] Jasmine stated, [color=saddlebrown]"Those goofballs probably got lost, it's only been a day, after all - but, let's go. Seven will be here before we know it!"[/color] 

That was when Jasmine grabbed onto Erik's wrist and pulled him out of the room.

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Just like Jen said, [url=https://i.imgur.com/QUV9YJF.jpg]The Moss Motel[/url] was merely a short walk away and Jasmine thought this place was spooky when she first got here. Every part of Quintin felt like there was something [i]wrong[/i] going on here but this place made her heart sink. The worst of all was how quiet and empty it was... like it was abandoned; the parking lot was covered in weeds and the place was grown over and dirty. The lights being on in some of the rooms told her that there was [i]some[/i] life here. The place just... didn't give her the best feeling, so maybe she was wrong when she said that was the best bet for this job. Jasmine walked over to room 105, which, thankfully, wasn't too far away from the entrance of this quirky little place. She looked to the left, as she whispered, 

[color=saddlebrown]"... Anyone knows how to pick a-"[/color] Jasmine said as she looked to the right... and that's when she caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a woman. She faded away into nothing before Jasmine could get a good look at her - all she saw was that she was feminine in shape. No other discernible details could be made out by Jasmine Tsega. 

[color=saddlebrown]"... Did anyone else see-"[/color] Jasmine stopped herself as she said (not giving a damn about the volume anymore), [color=saddlebrown]"Does anyone have an idea on how to get in? Anything?"[/color]





[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/K8f1fGj.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/7Zopqau.png[/img][/center][b]Interactions:[/b] Charlie ([@FernStone]), & "Carl" ([@Zombiedude101]). [right][b][code]The Webb Family Coffee House ---> Sybil A Harkness MD.[/code][/b][/right][hr]


[quote=Charlie]"But seriously... Since there are a few of us probably makes sense to pretend someone's injured or sick. Sickness is easier to fake unless someone wants to break something for realism- wait, I'm joking, let's not actually do that.[/quote]

[color=Mediumorchid]"Oh, maybe I'll tell her you got a tattoo on your ass n' ask if it looks infected, mami,"[/color] Lily started chuckling, then stuck her tongue out. Much like Jennifer, she was trying to misdirect people... mainly to hide her suspicion of the Caspin-lady.  The best way to do that was to joke and act a fool... and maybe build a bit of rapport with the new people that she's going to be working with for a while. Hopefully, she can trust Charlie and the others.

If not then this was going to be [i]much[/i] harder than previously expected. [color=Mediumorchid]"But, let's get a move on, mami, faster we find our... Eleanor, the better, mami."[/color] She gestured for Charlie and Clayton (and whoever else, she didn't know or care).

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It was a short walk over to [url=https://i.imgur.com/noaCP2R.jpg]Doctor Harkness' office[/url] and Lily led the way... she noticed all the stares and looks from the locals along the way. To be fair, they stuck out like a sore goddamn thumb - long as they just stared and only stared: Lily had no problem with them. What she did have a problem with was that shit show of a meeting... once she saw the building with the sign [b][code]Sybil A Harkness MD[/code][/b], she pivoted on her heel and turned around to face Charlie (and whoever else).

[color=Mediumorchid]"Ah, mami, here's the place but there's something I [i]gotta[/i] get off my chest,"[/color] Lily looked to the left, and then the right, before she continued. [color=Mediumorchid]"I can't just be the [i]only[/i] one that doesn't trust our little fearless leader? There's something about her - especially with the little Bambi act she puts on - like she's up to something. Liiiiiiiiiiiiiike.... let's think... she drops all these fucking leads on us, waves in our fuckin' faces that she knows [i]something[/i], then insists she works alone then dips."[/color]

She placed a hand on her chin, thought for a second, then continued. [color=Mediumorchid]"It's just a hunch right now, mami. But, if she's using us or something imma' bitch slap her little nerdy ass with a padlock...."[/color] Lily trailed off as she noticed something down the street that made her tilt her whole body to the side to look past Charlie to see it.

It was someone skipping down the street towards them... in an orange cloak. Now, that was odd because Quintin was hot as balls and Lily was wearing as little as possible to avoid having a heat stroke herself. She had something slung under her arm - some type of basket? As she got closer and closer...Lily [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8b/40/96/8b4096da3d8d5012f172c2bc8f2d4c12.jpg]finally got a good view of her[/url] as she just skipped down the street with a closed-mouth smile on her face. It was bizarre,  like something out of a movie, and Lily was hoping she would just skip past her...

... naturally, she stopped and reached into her flower basket. She pulled out a rose and presented it to Lily as she said, "Oh, hey! You could use your day brightened!" 

[color=Mediumorchid]"Oooooooooookay..."[/color] Lily reached for the rose and the stranger held onto her hand for a [i]very[/i] uncomfortable amount of time. Lily recoiled, with her brows furrowed as the stranger finally spoke.

"... You all need to leave Quintin," The weirdo in the robe said, "There are things here that none of you are equipped to handle! Just pack up and leave. Before you all get [i]more[/i] in over your heads. Eleanor Black is not real. Repeat after me... [i]Eleanor Black is not real.[/i]" She then laughed.

Lily raised an eyebrow... oblivious to the fact that a ghostly woman was staring at her in the window of Dr. Harkness' office that would disappear when someone turned to look.


[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/vJPMvZy.png[/img][/center][right][b][code]House on the Edge of the Swamp[/code][/b][/right][hr]

As per Jennifer's marker on the map, anyone who went after Blake Thorton, the butler, was directed to [url=https://i.imgur.com/g9EE0zZ.jpg]an isolated cabin[/url] on the very fringes of not just the town of Quintin but the itself swamp. It was a nice little cabin, and the lights were on... but those who looked into the water would see a brief image of a woman in the reflection that would fade away before they got a good look at it. 

Those who looked in the windows would see [i]some[/i] activity.


[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/GlZ3O3G.png[/img][/center][right][b][code]Quintin Market ---> Towards the Swamps.[/code][/b][/right][hr]


"... So why are we going into the swamp?"

Cody asked, wearing a white t-shirt and some jeans, with some boots... as per the suggestion of his twin sister. The two were walking side by side... both of them holding snacks that they bullied from the shopkeepers at the Quintin market. Cody was holding a soda cup, looking at his sister inquisitively as he held a plastic bag full of snacks in his other hand. 

"I gotta show you something!" Genesis answered... she was wearing a black dress with combat boots as she let her hair hang.

"Please tell me that you haven't been experimenting with magic," Cody whispered.

"I have," Genesis flatly answered. "And I keep telling you... We shouldn't be afraid of it..." 

The two headed out into the secluded swamp as Genesis looked back and said.

"... we should embrace it."


[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/q2GPlou.png[/img][/center][right][b][code]Take a Guess[/code][/b][/right][hr]

For Zeltzin and Orphenia, the Black Mining Co. office was [url=https://i.imgur.com/ZMw6z3I.jpg]a very ominous building[/url] in the middle of the town. There was a huge gap between the mining company's main office and the other businesses within the town of Quintin. It was a dingy, three-story, building with lots of tinted windows... and if they looked into the windows they would see a woman in the reflection that would fade away before they could get a good look at her features. If they walked in, the first thing they would see was a large wooden desk and a secretary lady wearing a suit behind it. She was playing on her phone until someone walked in.