[color=gray][h3][sup][sup]The priest was an ever helpful presence. One could indulge in disbelief and mockery an entire life only to turn in an instant during moments of distress. Linda was able to muster eye contact with the man. She nodded at his sound advice of letting someone else take care of this mess. Linda extended kindness to Emily, who had a harsh moment as well upon seeing the scene, and sat down at her side on the floor. [color=cecece]“He didn’t have any issues with anyone.”[/color] Linda commented on Keandre’s question regarding who would want to hurt the Doctor. In that moment, nearly cutting Linda’s voice and train of thought in half, Russell’s trained instincts kicked in. He seemed to react to the noise down the hall, which Linda heard herself, but was too distracted to care about. The battle hardened cop handed Linda a cellphone and urged her to call his partner. Her eyes intently followed the man’s during the instructions. When the guns came out swinging, Linda decided it was time to focus on the call. Both of the officers in the group were fired up and lucky so for all of them — it was a comfort before everything else, Linda thought. Whatever perpetrator that attempted to leave the scene would have to deal with Serena breathing down its neck.

Linda made the call to Russell’s former partner. She conveyed the instructed message and the man on the other end was already out the door. The conversation was rather short. Emily and Valerian kept busy with the scene. Everything that everyone did had to be delicate at this time. Linda kept reminding herself of all the training and education she had enjoyed up until this point. She was a psychologists after all and perhaps they were lucky she was there as well. It was at this moment that familiar voices could be heard down the hall from the direction of the elevator. Mia and Cole had arrived. Something that Valerian mumbled distracted Linda for a split second while stepping into the hallway. Linda’s attention was or tried to be on all of them. [color=cecece]“Yes, Val, please come outside. You too, Emily. Keandre, Alex, come.”[/color] Her voice increasingly took a motherly authority. [color=cecece]“Bernard, can you help Emily there, she seems distracted by something.”[/color] Her comment fell just moments shy of the cookie and the powder being eaten. With that said, Linda’s attention was back to the new arrivals. Cole had taken an investigative approach, but Mia was more hesitant in her movements. [color=cecece]“Mia, something’s happened to Richard. I’m not sure if you should see it. We’re waiting for the police.”[/color] The somewhat lighter or censored version of the truth came undone by Cole, who was able to be more direct than Linda. She glanced at the man and nodded at the statement that Richard was dead. 

Serena made herself known again. She seemed slightly out of breath. [color=cecece]“I think there are varying degrees of alright here — what happened?”[/color] The question was aimed at whatever law enforcement work that had transgressed within the last five minutes or less. Linda remained in the hallway, a few steps away from the door to the Doctor’s office and his corpse. There was not much else she could do in terms of forcing anyone to do anything. As she glanced into the office again, she saw Emily experimenting with whatever that black stuff on the floor was. Linda flinched a bit at it — [color=cecece]“Emily, don’t do that. You don’t know what that is.”[/color] Even if Bernard could handle the girl, Linda was scattered in her attentions to say the least. However, most of it remained on Serena and whatever information on the situation that could be devised from the woman’s pursuit. Sirens could be heard from outside during these exchanges of words, far off. They were close and getting closer by the second.[/sup][/sup][/h3][/color]


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[@SilverPaw][@Zoey Boey][color=gray][h3][sup][sup]A slight instant passed before it happened. The dark powder vanished along with the pastry into Emily’s being. By some unknown measure, through whatever connection they had to all that slumbers beyond the veil, both Valerian and Emily experienced what transpired next. A strange, metallic scent fell over both of them. It had a distinct origin within the wide room of the Doctor’s remains. In one of the corners just to the left of the entrance into the apartment was a mirror. There were hooks and storing contraptions nailed to the wall for hanging of clothes and other apparel. The frame of the mirror was at least two meters tall. The scent that could clearly be felt came from inside the reflective glass, which no longer reflected the reality around itself. The glass displayed an uncanny void with great depth. A distant sound could also be heard coming from inside. The sound was dull, muffled, as if filtered by something. It was akin to what a dream could be. It was the banging of something against thick glass, far away. There was a sense of duress in this mysterious calling, as if whatever made the noise was trapped. Peering into the mirror would defy any conceptions of reality or the surreal. A great distance away into the reflective glass was a window with what appeared to be a person behind it. One could not see the features of this individual, only a shadowy silhouette. The thing moved as if slowed by time and its hands hitting the window expelled visible waves of vibration. Ripples of distortion surrounded the mirror itself, clearly noticeable to some of the group members. However, the void and the person inside it could only be perceived by Emily and Valerian. Yet another sound came from it, which would resemble that of a voice and words. It would be difficult to make out what it said, but the closest interpretation would be: [i]don’t go[/i]. A typical sensation of dread at this encounter would never receive scrutiny or judgement. However, the being attempted no such communication. If anything, it wanted to convey serenity and calm. The world beyond this reality was more than unjustified terror.[/sup][/sup][/h3][/color]

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The police is close. The cop characters controlled by [@Arkitekt] and [@MST3K 4ever] can bring them to the scene in their next post. The mirror scene is for two characters: Emily & Valerian. This is based on GM-rolls. However, any character with +2 Sixth Sense or higher can feel the scent from the mirror, hear everything from it, and see the distortion surrounding it, but they can't see the void — it will look normal, reflective.
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