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@Tired-but-passionate

“Oh, it’s alright, there isn’t a lot of detail anyway. And it happened a long time ago; I can talk about it without getting too upset, but I recently had his killer confirmed for me. The Clay Man, obviously. And of course, there was the grief his henchman brought us a few years ago…” she shook her head, pulling her gaze away from her hand clasped in her husband’s. “A personal experience, you say? Well, now that I think about it, I’m not surprised.”
Johnathan squeezed her hand, turning to Hurricane as well. “Ah, no thank you. It’s too early, isn’t it? Besides, we have to look for a library instead.”
“We do indeed,” Mina agreed, brightening at the prospect. “Ah, I wanted to do something first, real quick…”

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"It isn't that early, it's what, nine-ish? That's basically one o' clock. But, suit yourself, I need to-" they were cut off by the strange feeling of not entirely being in control of their body. That only meant one thing, and it wasn't good. They were destabilizing again, they had to get to Sora's place, and soon. "I'll be back… I just need to go get some things." Hurricane said, stumbling out the door. It was just in time, too, it looked like their face was starting to melt away and that probably wasn't good.

They took their hovercycle all the way back to Sora's apartment complex, feeling like their skin was going to peel open and fall off, which it probably was. Fortunately, they still had some potion left, which they took immediately, and then… darkness.

Bruises on pale skin, limbs twisting and turning and stretching out. Then, sudden stabbing pains in the chest, a heart beating far too fast for life. Sora awoke on the floor, the only sign of his transformation the large bruise on the side of his neck. "Shit, Hurricane, what did you… oh, my apologies for swearing, I'm quite out of sorts." he said to empty air, because someone had to say it. "I'd better get to that Moriarty thing… I wonder if they already visited? Oh, Hurricane does what they like, they likely did and ruined my good name. Well, first impressions, and all that." he shrugged, packing his bags and setting off for the address he'd been given.

He arrived in a taxi a few minutes later, opting not to arrive on Hurricane's too-small hovercycle, his legs were too long for their contraption. He knocked at the door, and waited for someone to answer. It was polite to wait, after all, barging in unannounced was something his other side did, not him.

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Eden startled at Hurricane's abrupt disappearance, looking around before going to clean the windows in the other's rooms, hoping they didn't mind them intruding on their space. But, after cleaning, when they heard the door knock, they immediately went down to find out who else would be calling now.

@ElderGod-Icefire

Sherlock blinked a little. "Of course. Alek, would you like to come assist?" The young man seemed to not be very outgoing, so they figured that he could come along. He wouldn't hurt anything, in any case.

Alek blinked, a little startled. "Oh. I… suppose that's…yes." he said softly.

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Sora knocked at the door again, this time applying a little bit more force. His arms were getting tired of carrying his bags, and he was tired of standing out there, rudeness be damned. "Hello? Is this the gathering for Moriarty's little, uh, mission?" he didn't want to give anything away in case his enemies were there.

@Tired-but-passionate

Mina stood, calling out to Hurricane, “Wait!” But they were gone. They… hadn’t looked so good. Her brow furrowed, but there was nothing she could do about it. She tapped Jonathan saying, “We need to talk to Van Helsing.” He stood as well and together they went upstairs, closing their door and missing the sound of the knock.

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(F, for propriety.)

Eden opened up the door, welcoming the newcomer in. "This is indeed the place. Do you need help with your bags?" they asked the stranger, opening their arms to carry anything if needed.

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"O-oh, yes, thank you sir- I mean ma'am- I mean, how should I call you? On Pluto we grew up with somewhat… narrow minded customs relating to gender." he said, offering his bags to the large being. "I'm sorry if I somehow offended you, my deepest apologies."

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Eden took the bags offered, they were like nothing to them and light as anything. "Call me what you like, so long as it is not a monster. Only I get that honor." they chuckled, trying to make light humor of their condition.

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"Oh, Alek can surely come with us," Victor said. "I'm sure that he'll be an excellent asset."
He didn't know Alek too well yet–granted he didn't know anyone well yet–but he seemed to keep to himself, and Victor could respect that. "So it'll be us three and Eden then?"
He heard a knock at the door, and saw yet another new arrival there, a tall man who was greeted by Eden. He offered a small wave, but stayed where he was standing.

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"Yes, I-one moment, friend stranger-I will be of as much assistance as I can be. Now, what is your name, and where should I put your bags?" they asked Sora, looking at him with kind eyes.

@ElderGod-Icefire

Sherlock nodded a little, looking up when Eden let someone else in. They sighed faintly. Another person, really? There were almost too many now. How were they ever supposed to do things quickly if there were this many people around?

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(Sherlock is me in any given social situation.)

(adhjfkgh don't call me out like that-)

(I will call all yall out!)

@Tired-but-passionate

Mina sat on the bed, pulling out her device and tapping it a few times. Jonathan stood in front of her, a inquiring expression on his face.
“What are you even going to say?”
“He said he wanted updates, so we’re going to- oh wait,” she lifted her fingers from the device. “Ah, I had planned to call him with the others so they could all listen to him talk about vampires. Why the heck did I come up here?” She slapped a hand to her forehead.
“Hold on,” Jonathan said calmly, holding out a hand. He went to the door, cracking it open. “Sounds like everyone’s too busy to listen to a vampire lecture at the moment.”
He went back over to her, sitting next her on the bed. “Okay, listen to me for a moment, alright?”
She nodded, trying to keep the feeling of panicked confusion down. This has happened before- she would internally plan something out, things would happen externally that influenced her internal world, and when she came back to it, she would get confused and nothing she planned would get done. Jonathan had a good eye for when things of that sort had happened, and he would help her now like he had before.
“We could go back down and start looking for a library,” he suggested, moving his hands as he talked. “Or we could stay here, listen to Van Helsing by ourselves, and compile some notes for the others to look over or just to look back on when we need it. How does that sound?”
She nodded again, grateful that he was here with her. She took breath. Both of those tasks could take an indefinite amount of time, and she wanted to accomplish the more brief of the two. And considering everyone seemed busy…
“I want to look for the library first,” she said resolutely. “We’ll need to know the extent of everyone’s knowledge on vampires, or what questions they might have about them. That could take a while, and is probably something best discussed over lunch. Even if looking for the library takes all day- which I don’t think it will- it’s not dependent on how preoccupied everyone else is, unless they want to help.”
“I don’t think we’ll need help,” Jonathan smiled. “I know how observant you are.”
She smiled back. “And I know how observant you are, darling.” She kissed his cheek. “Thanks.”
“You’re very welcome.” his smile widened as he blushed slightly.