Event #2 - Tour de la mainson avec Phillip Part 1 [TAG Phil]

[Nancy Holmes]

(OCC: THis happens after Nancy and Phillip leave the cafeteria for the first time)

Nancy and Phillip carefully stepped out of the battered cafeteria, into the corridor. Huge parts of the building were blocking the way to the plaza in front of them and the way towards Class 1-4 and the nearest exit on their left. "Damnit....", she mumbled. Their only way was going right, towards Class 1-3. Maybe the exit there was still intact... At least thr ground under them seemed to be pretty stable by now.

Nancy passed Class 1-3 to go look for the exit, but it was blocked too. "Damn, we can't get out here either....Do you think we could move some of these rocks...?" Probably not. She looked back, the other corridor was blocked up too. So they couldn't go to the other side of the building. Great. "HELLO?", Nancy screamed and perked up her ears. No answer. "They might not hear us through the chunks of concrete....", she suggested full of hope No way the others were all dead. Now that she thought about it, it was strange that not more of them had landed in the cafeteria... It was right under the auditorium after all. She looked up to the pitch-black sky. Weird...

She looked at her companion. "Let's check the classroom and the lab... uhm.. we should probably stick together. Classroom first and then into the lab?" When Phillip agreed, Nancy opened the door the Class 1-3. This room looked totally untouched, except for some things that fell on the floor. "Ohhh.... maybe we should take some of the desks later and carry them into the cafeteria? The tables could protect us in case there's some kind of aftershook or something... Or just move everyone here.", she thought out loud.

[Something]

Nancy felt her phone buzzing. The reception was still out of order, but she clearly could see a new incoming message from an unknown number.

"Gently caress Phillip's check and kiss him on the forehead."

And that was it. Nothing more, nothing less. What does that message mean? Should she follow it's instructions? It's up for Nancy to decide.

[Phillip Pendragon]

Phillip followed Nancy while barely being just one step behind her so if the ground indeed would break or anything else unfortunate would happen, he was able to catch her or pull and push her into safety even if only for a short while. Taking a look around his hope for finding at least a sort of safe way out got less and less. With the corridor blocked either they were locked inside for an uncertain amount of time or whatever caused this nightmare may be blocked away from THEM. Only the thought about that raised his worries quite highly. Yet there still were two rooms they at least had currently a change to seek out besides the cafeteria. If there was another way, maybe he would have rather stayed with the group than go out into the sort of unknown. But given the current circumstances there had been no way he would have done anything else but checking the situation as best as possible before returning back to the group to discuss what to do next.

As Nancy mentioned to move the rocks he tought about it for a moment but came to a quick solution. „We can try but we need everyone for that and we need to try early while we still have strength.“ The further they got and the more Nancy tried to find a way to either find a way out or get a life sign from others, both of their faith eventually got close to die. Yet they weren´t done yet. They still had that two rooms and each other as well as the rest of the group at least.

„Sounds good. Hopefully we can find a way out or at least something usefull in either of them.“ With that they entered their first target, the classroom. This time however Phillip brought a bit of distance between them as the floor looked stable enough to easily carry them. After all it was having already quite the weight from all the furniture and didnt seem to mind it at all. Listening to Nancys next suggestion he took a look at the familiar and yet feeling unfamiliar tables. „Might be a good idea, yes. But first we need to see what all the available rooms hold for us. I just hope we wont need the tables to barricade us.“ The second the words had left his lips however, he regretted the last sentence. Slowly walking up to his friend, he apologized for his wording and gave her head a pat before pulling her into a hug. „We will find a way out of this … soon … and all of us will get out safe and sound, you´ll see.“

[Nancy Holmes]

„We can try but we need everyone for that and we need to try early while we still have strength.“
"Yeah, you're right....Do you think we could climb out maybe? Would be more dangerous of course but...", she kept thinking. "Or maybe we can break the windows in here! Let's try that! .........Uhm, I mean YOU try that. I can't throw a table or chair at the window for my life...", she said and laughed nervously. She was a weakling.

„Might be a good idea, yes. But first we need to see what all the available rooms hold for us. I just hope we wont need the tables to barricade us.“
While Phillip talked, her phone buzzed in her pocket. "Eh?? M-My- Phillip, my phone!!", she pulled it out hectically, almost dropping it, and looked on the screen. "Eh...? No service, but... I got a message." Confused, she opened it. "Gently caress Phillip's check and kiss him on the forehead." Eeeeh?? What the fuck? "How...weird is that? I mean... I have no reception, how's that possible? And I don't know that number...", she mumbled, more focused on her phone than on Phillip's words. "Wait, what? B-Barricade you said?" She looked up. Why would they have to do that? Before she could say anything further, he walked over to her. First, patting her head and then hugged her.

„We will find a way out of this … soon … and all of us will get out safe and sound, you´ll see.“
Nancy was absolutley overextended. What was the matter with this weird message? When he hugged her, the words from it appeared in her head again and repeated over and over. Her cheek was resting on his chest, hearing his heartbeat. Well.... Why shouldn't she? It would fit the mood, to be honest. Inwardly shrugging it off, Nancy moved a hand to Phillips cheeks, putting her head in her neck to look up to him. "Thanks, Phil...I really hope so. I'm just glad nothing happened to Ari, Sig, Aunti, Thalia...and you." She tiptoed and gently placed a kiss on his forehead. "I'm really glad to have you here with me. I can always rely on you, you know?" She suddenly felt the urge to kiss his lips, too....Must be the life-and-death situation right now.

[Something]

A blur of white noise rang through Nancy's ears and her phone beeped once more. Another ominous message showed up on her title screen:

Wise choice.

[Phillip Pendragon]

It took Phillip quite by surprise as Nancy kissed his forehead. Not so much the gesture itself though, but rather the timing of it. It wasn´t like he hadn´t been blessed with her gentle touches, ... and even more, in the past before. However they were in the middle of a true nightmare, at least for him, so that sort of interaction felt a little bit off but not too much that he disliked it. After all they were good friends and truly cared for each other and in a way even felt love for each other. "Same goes for me. You are like the second half of my brain. Which reminds me of your suggestion about trying to break through the window. We definitely should try that and get back to it. First however we should try to get something up to protect us and check the science lab as well. Maybe there is already an exit or something that we could set up to break the windows or even the blocked paths while we can take cover and be safe? Come, let´s check out the lab and then head back. I don´t want the others to wait for too long." He said, waiting for her approval before doing anything further.

[Nancy Holmes]

"Same goes for me. You are like the second half of my brain. "
That made Nancy smile. Yeah, that was true...They made an awesome team!

"Which reminds me of your suggestion about trying to break through the window. We definitely should try that and get back to it. First however we should try to get something up to protect us and check the science lab as well. Maybe there is already an exit or something that we could set up to break the windows or even the blocked paths while we can take cover and be safe? Come, let´s check out the lab and then head back. I don´t want the others to wait for too long."
"Uhhh, Phillip, wait!", she said and held her phone towards him. "I have to tell you something before we go. You see, I got a weird message earlier from an unknown number and- I don't know, it said to kiss your forhead and I was like yeah why not, because I would've kissed your cheek or something in this situation earlier anyways-"

beep.
Nancy's blood froze when she got another message from the number. Wise choice. Her breath caught. What was that supposed to mean?? Was someone here?? Panicking, and without any explanation towards her friend, she looked around, stuck her head out of the room - nobody on the corridor. Then ran over to the windows - nobody there either. "Oh my godh, Phil, I'm scared. Someone must be watching us...! Why would someone send weird messages instead of helping us getting out of here?? Is that some kind of joke? I swear, if this is Alex, I'm seriously gonna kill him!!!" Angry, she opened the messanger and typed a reply to the unknown number. Who are you?! Sent.

Then she went back to Phillip and showed her the messages. "Here... I don't know what this is about... Do you think something woul've happened to me if I hadn't done it?? I mean, what if some serial killer is after us and is hiding in the bushes around the school with a sniper to kill us?!!" Her breath was going fast, she was close to a panicattack. "What if he sent others messages too and just recklessly killed them when they didn't follow his orders?!"

[Phillip Pendragon]

Just as he was to turn around to get to the door, Phillip got to hear Nancys voice once again, stopping him. "A message? Who would send you something like that?" Before Nancy was able to answer however, he got to put a memory into words. "How is that even possible? I checked earlier on and we are completely cut off from any service. This isn´t good Nancy. If that ever happens again please tell me."

As once again another message seemed to have appeared though the confusion and worry got only bigger. "I don´t think it was Alex. His pranks are ... different. Not to mention that in our current situation I highly doubt he would just put you through this kind of joke instead of trying to find a way out together with us." Then, as he got the message even presented to himself, he got to doubt more and more that any of the pranksters had anything to do with this. It just didn´t seem like their vibe.

Taking her phone for a moment to get a better view, he tried to check if there was any information they were able to find. But apparently there was nothing or at least nothing he was able to spot. As suddenly Nancy started to panic however he quickly pulled her into another hug and put her phone back into her pocket before he held her tight and gently stroke over her back. "It´s gonna be alright Nancy. If there is some psychopath out there, we will take care of him. Whatever happens, you are not alone and I promise you I will do everything I can to keep you and the others as safe and sound as possible. So calm your breath and take a rest, we got this."

[Something]

With a sudden beep coming from Phillip's pocket, the man realized that he received a new message:

Tell Nancy that she is the love of your life.

[Nancy Holmes]

"How is that even possible? I checked earlier on and we are completely cut off from any service. This isn´t good Nancy. If that ever happens again please tell me."
"I know, I- I mean, I checked too and this is just weird, the person won't answer me neither" She sighed at his next words. "You're right... That isn't his style...." She shook her head, still being overly confused. She didn't even realize how Phillip took her phone from her hand. No, Alex wouldn't do this to her, not in this situation, not.... ever. Not like this. She felt Phillip's arms wrapping around her to calm her down. He was right.... he was right.... The longer he held her against him, the calmer she got. Thank god he knew the basics of how human bodies worked. More like all creatures bodies. They get calmer when someone is near them or holding them.

"It´s gonna be alright Nancy. If there is some psychopath out there, we will take care of him. Whatever happens, you are not alone and I promise you I will do everything I can to keep you and the others as safe and sound as possible. So calm your breath and take a rest, we got this."
Yes....yes..... She nodded against his chest. "Okay......", she mumbled and burried her fingers into the back of his shirt. She just needed to be held a little longer....After a few minutes, she let go of him. "Thank you.....", she said and rubbed her forehead. "Let me just quickly check if we have something useful in this room before we go to the lab, alright?", she said and breathed calmly. Then she went through the room to check the bookshelf, looked under the desks and checked the teacher's desk too.

[OOC: Nancy does a perception check]

[Phillip Pendragon]

As if he wasn´t messed with enough for the day, just as Nancy let go of him he could feel his phone suddenly beeping. What the f***? Taking the phone out of his pocket to check what was the fuzz all about he froze for a moment. Still not any hint of any kind of connection but now he got a message too? Great, just great. As he read what exactly he was asked, his mood quickly shifted though. Tell Nancy she was the love of his life? Suspicious, very suspicious and a bit amusing. If whoever sent that to him would know him then surely he wouldn´t have gotten the message in the first place. Love and Phillip ... that was absolutely not a match or at least in his current thinking. Sure, he would do as he was told but nobody said he had to mean it right? Not to mention Nancy probably would know this wasn´t really meant honestly in the first place. Sure, he loved her but as a FRIEND. If there was more behind it, who knew. But so far according to his knowledge his heart was without romance yet.

Apparently while he was busy checking his phone, Nancy had gone to check the room before they left. So like a good dog, he followed her and put a hand on her shoulder to make her turn around and face him. Trying hard not to laugh he somehow managed to end up putting on an unimpressed, almost sarcastic face as he did as he was told. "Nancy, you are the love of my life."

[Administrator]

Dice result: 1D10 => 6
Success; you found a clue!

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It took Phillip and Nancy a solid half an hour to check every single corner of the room, but in the end in between a pair of books they've found a note. A single list of lined paper. It was a list with a ton of students' names, a lot of random numbers, zodiac signs, a bunch of arrows and crossed out names. Besides the messy list, they could see a bunch of heart and bubbles drawings and a tiny postscript "I'm useless."

[Nancy Holmes]

Nancy looked around the room when something caught her eye when she was almost giving up. Stuck between two books, a piece of paper was sticking out between the covers. The raven-haired took the little edge between her thumb and pointing-finger and pulled it out. It was a simple page from a notebook, covered with names, a lot of different lines between these, hearts and numbers. What the hell was this supposed to mean...? I'm useless..... So this person was like an outsider who....well.... did what? Keeping a diary about everyone else's lives? Nancy thought for a moment. If this person felt like an outsider, his or her own name would either be without any connection on this list or not be on it at all......Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder and Phillip turned her around to face him, a serious look on his face. "Huh?"

"Nancy, you are the love of my life."
Eh... what? Overly confused about the sudden change of topic, Nancy blinked a few times. She studied his face for a moment and then burst out into laughter. "What was that all over sudden, you creep?", she laughed and wiggled herself out of his clasp, holding the paper she found out to him. "Stop joking around and look at what I've found. It looks like some kind of list and all drama club members are on it. Well, and loooots of more people... I don't know all names on it, but it seems like they're all students on our school? Looking at the length of the list, maybe even all of them. And someone actually made the efford to find out all their zodiac signs, that's a bit.... creepy? That person must've have no hobbies." Somehow, the handwriting seemed familiar, but Nancy couldn't quite put a finger on it. And all those hearts.... "Must be a girl....", she added as she looked at it once more. "Oh, and I thought maybe we could find out who this person is who wrote this, because the name of her - or maybe him, we don't know for sure - would be either without those arrows or not be on the list at all. I don't knowif that will help us in our situation right now, though....", her thought ran faster than she could vocalize them, "OH! You think the person who wrote this is also the one who sents us the messages?? Like... Wait. Did that number tell you to tell me you love me earlier? That would fit really well, the person seems to be some crazy shipper or something.... What do you think?", she said and looked up from the paper which she had been studying to look at Phillip.

[Phillip Pendragon]

Phillip took a step back as all of a sudden he got a list presented right in front of his face. On this list he could identify what Nancy was already telling him. What she couldn´t tell him though was the author of the script. He on the other hand however had quite the guess who it could belong to. In face he was absolute sure about who wrote the paper but given his recent memory he kept on trying to convince himself that his assumption was all wrong in the first place.

As Nancy reached the part about the anonymous messanger however, Phillip got brought back to here and now and had to frown. "Yes, I got such a text that´s why the neutral face in the first place. And no I don´t think that the shipper texter also is the author of the script. Either way we can focus on the sheet later. We have still a room left to check out and I fear we are already letting the others wait quite long. So take the clue with you Sherlock and let´s go pretty please."

With that being said, Phillip walked quickly to the door and exited the room, trying very hard not to think about his just deceased best friend.

[Nancy Holmes]

"Yes, I got such a text that´s why the neutral face in the first place. And no I don´t think that the shipper texter also is the author of the script. "
"Hmmmm......" Nancy rubbed her chin. Of course, it could be a different person, but it would make sense if they were the same. Or maybe two persons? Complices?

"Either way we can focus on the sheet later. We have still a room left to check out and I fear we are already letting the others wait quite long. So take the clue with you Sherlock and let´s go pretty please."

"Uhhh, yeah.. you're right, let's go!", she said, folded the paper and put it into her pocket, the other one than where her phone was in, she didn't want to risk loosing the paper accidentally. Sherlock... She rolled her eyes at that nickname for her. But they had been searching through this room for quite some time and they had promised to be back soon, so... They really should get going. Who knew what they'd find in the lab. ....If anything. Phillip was already on the other end of the classroom, so she ran a few steps to catch up with him and followed him out of the room.

He looked a little upset... "Hey, Phil, was there something else..? You don't look good." Well, she was sure none of them looked good, but his expression had changed. Was it because of the weird text? She wondered what the person would send next.... She took her phone out, the person had not replied to her message. She should probably just turn her phone off, so she couldn't get any more messages... She decided to do it and held the on-off-key for a few seconds and her phone turned off. If there was reception again, she could always just turn it on again.