Fantasy Steam and Crêpes (Open)

[Scavenger]

Nathan half climbed and half fell down the ladder, but at least he had a soft landing on top of the dead body at the bottom. He stood up again, leaning against the wall "Hello again Mario, I'm just going to use you entrance into the steam network if that's alright". When a very bewildered looking mario nodded in the affirmative Nathan made his way around the room to where there was a large hatch in the wall that he deftly opened with one hand and climbed through.


Once through the hatch and locking it behind him Nathan took a good look around the corridor that he was now in. This was part of the steam network that his parents had set up and so the heat was stifling however there was a long corridor that ran alongside all of the pipes, supposedly to allow for easy maintenance but he had turned it into a private road system, even extending it into useful places under the pretence of preparing for further expansion.

 

[Scavenger]

@Mr jake @ChazGhost @Darkiplier @SdrawcabDaer

 

[cadence]

Abélard, though he was a fine inventor and carpenter, didn't spend his time inside of the shop own by the Mario oh so popular among inventors like himself, but rather on top of the building. He was good friends with the cigar-smoking Italian, as he knew his parents and helped lend a little supplies that got his parent's workshop up and running again. Now, you may he wondering why a little lad like Abélard himself might be doing atop the shop, and the answer, Abélard would say, is quite obvious.


Mario's rooftop provided the best place in the entire village to simply get away from people and stare up at the sky, that now had lovely golden traces of the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. He'd come here often and he wondered if Mario even knew about this. Ah, Abélard figured he wouldn't mind if he did anyway. So, here he lied, lying on the ceiling, watching the any and humming a popular French lullaby quietly to himself. That was, of course, until the rather loud gunshot was fired and Abélard nearly jumped off the building.


"Je me demande ce que cela pourrait être d'environ ." Abélard could only wonder about his dear friend Mario and whoever else might be in his shop. It could mean the Government had found out about their illegal ways... But that was nonsense, for Abélard didn't see any Government officials approach the shop. With a sigh, Abélard swiftly lept off the building. He adjusted his mask, hat and goggles and peeked his head inside the shop. The dead man was nobody he recognized, so he didn't particularly care that the man was dead. And, other than Mario, there were a few others he did slightly remember. He was still fairly new to The Order. He smiled brightly, though the smile didn't fit the occasion and it couldn't be seen through his mask. He let out a small laugh as he waved his hands at the others. "Ah ! Bonjour à tous. Qui est l'homme mort là, hmm ? Rouge lui va bien , non?"





TRANSLATIONS

• I do wonder what that is about.
  
• Ah! Hello, everyone. Who is the dead man here? Red suits him well, no?
  

 

[ChazGhost]

"Well a guy with a bullet wound just craed down or fell down the ladder into mario. So he may need some help." Rex said pointing to the barrel the lead to Mario's shop. Then Rex started falling Jekkel when a masked man jumped down from the building. Rex was surprised for moment then said "We don't know. I can probly ask the knocked out one when he gets up. And no I don't think the red of blood suits them" Rex said looking at then body next him. Red was fine beating people but nut killing them. Killing them he dislikes.


@Mr jake @The Wizard of Odd @SdrawcabDaer

 

[cadence]

"English, hmm? My English is a bit poor." He chuckled again, his eyes showing a rather mischevious glint. He dismissed what he said earlier with a small little wave of his hand, shaking his head a bit. "Je blague! Je blague! Red is a delicious colour, but not the red of blood on men, non." He cocked his right eyebrow up a bit, though, as he was still rather confused. He wouldn't get any of the answers he desired, though, because it seemed the others were still much confused themselves. "What was the reason for him being shot in the first place...? He attacked you, Monsieur?"





TRANSLATIONS

• I kid! I kid!
  
• Non- no
  
• Monsieur- Mister
  

 

[SdrawcabDaer]

Louise looked had made the joke about the color red with face of disgust. She was a pacifist, and she thought that nobody deserved to be hurt, even if they were her enemies. Then she looked at the other man and nodded.


-Thank you for the information, she said before crawling into the barrel. When she got down, she was horrified to see yet another dead body. The little girl looked at Mario.


-Um...D-Did someone with a bullet wound pass trough here? she asked. The italian nodded in response. He said that that the man, that was apparently named Nathan, had gone to the Steam Network. Louise thanked him for his help before hurrying to the steam network.


Despite the numerous lamps and blinking buttons, it was rather dark. Louise was a little scared of the place, as it seemed to her like it could blow up at any moment. She saw a person walking down the hall in the distance.


-Euh...Ého! she screamed. A-Are you hurt?


@Scaver

 

[Sir Monsieur]

(If Testing does not kill me I don't know what will)


Jekkel kept running toward the screams. He looked behind himself to see Rex far behind "Come on Garçon Hurry up!" Jekkel took a hard right to find a house in ruins. "Oh my," Jekkel examined the scene "Looks like a pressurized powder keg. Or maybe a....." But Jekkel could not put his finger on it then he realised, This was the house of one of the Ministers of the order "oye that's not good" Jekkel thought of the outcomes of this event "Looks like the Order is going to have to have an emergency meeting" Jekkel gave a sigh at the thought of this "It's a shame Jean was a good man" Jekkel started to walk back to Marios to make sure everything got cleaned up "Everyone one of the Ministers is dead"


@The Wizard of Odd @Wolfiy @ChazGhost

 

[ChazGhost]

"No idea. A man saw us leave the barrel and ran. Then one of the order killed him and drag the body here. Then four guys came out no were for reasons I don't know intill this guy wakes up. Then they attacked us and then they either died or ran away except the one I knocked out" Rex said pointing at the knocked out man next to him. "I'll catch up to you in a momment Jekkel" Rex yelled back at Jekkel. But when he was about to head to him he was already comeing back. "Your kidding" Rex said surprised by Jekkel said.


@Mr jake @The Wizard of Odd

 

[cadence]

Abélard was still fairly new to the Order so he wasn't quite familiar with who the Ministers were. Well, he knew who they were but he didn't know them personally. He made a humming noise as he tapped where his chin would be if the mask weren't covering it. He knew enough to know that this was a dire situation and that it couldn't be good for the Order. "Mon mon. Cela ne semble pas bon du tout . Je me demande , qu'est-ce que cela signifie pour l'Ordre ? Rien de bon , je suppose." Abélard mentally scolded himself for speaking French again. It was hard not too, as it was the only language he fully understood. He figured they knew what he meant, though, and said nothing else.





TRANSLATIONS

• My, my. That doesn't sound good at all. I wonder, what does that mean for the Order? Nothing good, I assume.
  

 

[Wolfiy]

" I guess that explains quite a bit then." Félicité thought to herself. She had chosen to keep quiet due to the lack of words that she could have said. She had just notice that once again the group had expanded with two more group members one male and the other female. The female appeared to be a nurse of some kind and was checking up on the dude the had just gotten shot. She followed behind the other blonde guy and the two males following him. She pulled out her pocket watch that had been hidden in her corset and looked at the time. " Merde ... Le magasin a fermé." she quietly muttered to herself.


With the shop being closed and everything all happening now her person of interest will just have to wait. " Il est pas bon mais, telle est la vie, je suppose." she whispered to the man who was speaking Français. " So do we know the name of this minister or what was his purpose in the Order?" she spoke aloud to the group. She couldn't put her finger on why someone would want him dead probably for the power Félicité thought. She was curious on the other dude that the had left behind because she still didn't know his name despite him looking familiar. " Oh et une autre chose mon nom est Félicité et toi?" she said quietly to the Français man who was the easiest to talk do due he was bilingual like her in both Français and English.


Translations: - Crap the store has closed.


- It is not good but, such is life I suppose


- Oh and another thing my name is Félicité and yours?


@The Wizard of Odd @Mr jake @ChazGhost @Scaver @SdrawcabDaer

 

[cadence]

"It truly is a pleasure to meet you, Madam Félicité. And, to answer your question, my name is Abélard." Abélard spoke to the young woman in a quiet tone as well, not wanting to be overheard just by means of privacy. Abélard smiled at the young woman, waving politely as he did so. Of course, his smile went unnoticed again because of his mask. After greeting the woman, he returned his attention to the others, still curious about what was going on. Of course, he was paying attention to her as well. How ungentlemanly would it be if he were to just ignore her!

 

[Sir Monsieur]

Jekkel walked further down the alleyway. He saw Rex The female he about trampled another dude with a mask and Seth "Oye what are we going to do?" Jekkel stated aloud. He walked around he mainly wanted to talk to Seth him being a Grand Machinist. "Seth, do you reckon they're going to have an emergency meeting?" Jekkel asked curiously. "Well, I'm going to head back home to much adventure for today." Jekkel started to walk out of the alleyway toward the horses "And if anyone wants to help me piece some stuff together they are welcome to come." Jekkel Wiped his horse and he was speedily racing toward his manor. As he approached his home he saw that the glass was broken the doors were wide open. Jekkel quickly jumped off his horse and ran inside. The entire place was a mess "Albert" Jekkel yelled trying to find his butler but right after yelling so he heard a faint cry for help, He quickly ran to the living room to find his fancy collection of plates fell on top of Albert "I'm coming" Jekkel squatted down and tried to lift the broken display by himself but he could not do so. "Help someone!"

 

[BDark]

Burke paused at the newly destroyed building. It was the home of a Minister of the Order. Destroyed. Reduced to rubble and debris, smoking. He quickly turned around to the gathering crowd, yelling at the police.


"Hey ! Someone look for a body in here ! Someone might be dead !"


He then turned around and paused before Félicité and Abélard, and introduced himself.


"Seth Burke, a pleasure indeed to meet you, er, monsieur, mademoiselle. But, unfortunately, I have to leave. I do apologize; we shall meet again. Au revoir."


With that, he left after Jekkel.


"Well," he hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, his head down, eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, frowning slightly, his tone far more serious than before. "No; at least, I don't think so. We already had organized a meeting later tonight, but it was supposed to be among the Ministers and Grand-Machinists only. I'm not supposed to tell you, see, so don't get me into trouble."


He raised his head once again before the boy got into his wagon and left for his mansion.


"Well, I guess I'd better follow him." Burke said to himself as he stopped a Hansom Cab and got into the carriage.


Paying the driver, he got off and pulled out his watch, looking at the time, listening to the sound of wood on stone and hoof on stone faint into the distance.


"Alright, then." He said, replacing the pocket watch and turning around, immediately stopping in surprise as he saw the sight of the building. Someone broke in, all right. He hurried through the broken doors, unintentionally pushing one door off its hinges, as it was barely hanging.


He heard a cry of help and hurried into the room from which it was coming, and helped Jekkel heave the display off the butler, pushing it upright. The glass was smashed to bits, scattered on the floor, and the china was scattered as well, most broken to large pieces, a few pieces somehow unscathed.


Burke quickly dropped and brushed the glass off the butler, Albert, and helped him to his feet. He looked around and saw a chair on the ground, pushed it upright, and helped the butler onto it. Turning to Jekkel, he spoke.


"You had an unwanted guest, all right. But what the hell's going on ? Two buildings blown up, strangers attacking us at the alley, and now this !? Something's very wrong today."

 

[Scavenger]

Nathan turned at the shout and saw a young woman in the hallway illuminated by the light from the door. He quickly shouted back "Don't worry about me I'm fine but the man with a bullet in his knee upstairs will likely need some attention.". Nathan then continued to walk down the corridor having to support more and more weight on the wall as the adrenaline wore off.


"Damn, this wound was worse than I thought" he thought to himself as he finally arrived at the nexus under the factory he pulled a key chain from his pocket as he hung off a ladder underneath a large hatch. Once he managed to remove them he unlocked the 4 locks holding the hatch closed and climbed through, letting the hatch slam shut before locking it again.


He called out for a hand and almost immediately one of the workers came around and helped him back to his office on the upper level, It wasn't the first time they'd seen him like this. As soon as he was inside he thanked the worker before sending him back to work. Quickly making his way to the medicine cabinet on the wall he opened it and pulled out a long piece of gauze and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. He tended to his wounds, it really was just a deep scratch before he slouched down into a large leather seat and promptly fell asleep.

 

[Sir Monsieur]

Jekkel helped up Albert "Are you ok old friend" He gave him a pat on the back he replied The butler replied "I'mm Fine sir thank you. Jekkel looked back at Burke "They must have been looking for this" Jekkel reached his hand into his pocket, He grasped his hand around the crystal and pulled the flawless gem out of his pocket "They were looking for this brilliant Gem right here" Jekkel Held it up to the light. "By the way, if you did not know I am a Minister, As a matter of fact I'm the son of Francis Levett" Jekkel gave a smile at this "Not his biological son of course but what's the difference." Jekkel glanced back to Albert "Albert Take the week off I can handle myself around here" Normally his loyal butler would not accept this kind offers but after what happened today, he was ready to take a break.


To Jekkel's luck, his secret door was not standing wide open. Jekkel kicked his plate cabinet and the door opened "lets go" He slowly climbed down the stairs and opened the locked door to reveal his lab. "Now we can talk without with out ears every where.


@Darkiplier

 

[BDark]

"They need to tell me next time they appoint a new minister." Burke said with a brief shake of his head, following Jekkel through the secret passage.


"Steam engines." He whispered to himself.


"Alright, so tell me, do you have any idea what the hell is going on ?"

 

[Sir Monsieur]

"I do not know any more than you do" Jekkel walked deeper into the room and pulled a chair next to a table and started to work on his blueprint "So when did you say the meeting was tonight?" Jekkel scribbled more on his blue Paper.


@Darkiplier @ChazGhost

 

[Wolfiy]

Félicité turned to watch everyone leave the ruined building of the Minister. "Eh bien, il semble que nous avons été laissés seuls pour aller." she said to Abélard. She walked down out of the alleyway before promptly turning her heel to face Abélard." Listen Monsieur, I think it be best if we maybe go and check on the nurse and the male who appeared to be shot." she replied quickly. Man everything has been happening so fast you think it be some kind of play. "So how are two holding up?" she asks as she begins to approach the two. @The Wizard of Odd @Scaver @SdrawcabDaer


Translation


-Well , it seems that we were left alone to go.

 

[BDark]

"Actually, I didn't say a specific time, Scott, but 'later' tonight." He paused for a moment, then went on. "But it'll be sometime around sunset. Eleven, I believe. Nine hours."


Of course, back in England it set at around nine, in France almost an hour later.


"You know, Jekkel, I had a thought, but it is too far fetched. A dream, even. To bring steam locomotives to France. It'll be a revolution, indeed. But alas, it cannot be done unless we rule. But let us not talk of that."


He pulled out his pocket watch and placed it down on the table, on the corner of the large blue paper.


"Now, I suggest we check the house, see what they took, if anything, before doing anything else."


By all means, Burke thought, it was extremely foolish of them not to take a look at the house, and at the belongings.

 

[ChazGhost]

Rex decide to get some minterals while he was in the market before heading back to Jekkels manor. After collecting some gears and feathers for steam toys he headed to the manor and let himself in. It should be fine sense I was here early and its not like the butler will hurt me... Rex thought heading to the secret lab.

 

[cadence]

Sorry for taking so long to reply. I've had a busy day today. I didn't miss much, did I? I'm afraid my replies will be short for a wee bit.





Abélard followed the lot, nodding in agreement with Félicité before he too spun on his heels and followed. He chose to stay silent and listen in rather than speak up. Most of his questions would probably be asked by the others, anyhow.

 

[Sir Monsieur]

"Well, I was thinking....." Jekkel heard something on the first floor of the manor "SSSSHHHH!, Keep it down I think the intruders are making a second run" Jekkel ran to a little stash he kept in his lab he pulled out a sniper and two gelded revolvers "I have been waiting to use these" The revolvers had scopes on them. This is a rather odd combo but Jekkel was all about accuracy. "Oye get ready to attack." Jekkel slowly climbed up the stairs and hid on the top stair "On my count, 3, 2, 1 NOW!" Jekkel Jumped up from his Hiding spot and shot a warning shot with his sniper at the floor. Jekkel Looked at the intruder it was Rex "Oh it's you. Why the Enfer did you scare me like that." Jekkel gave him a dirty look "Just ring the doorbell, I know what you're going to say, There's no door" Jekkel gave a sigh thinking about what he just said, "Sorry mate didn't mean to snarl at you like that, What took you so long anyway?" Jekkel was rather curious why Rex was not with them when they came back.

 

[Sir Monsieur]

(It's ok and don't worry you did not miss much)

 

[ChazGhost]

"I decide to pick up a few things for some of the toys I'm working on. Also your doorbell been cut out" Rex said pointing at the doorbell on the floor. Then he started looking around and see how torn up the place was."But if I knew your house been broken into I would Of hurried here faster. Is Alfred ok?" Rex ask alittle worried about the butler.

 

[Sir Monsieur]

"Yes, he his fine" Jekkel looked through the empty door "I gave him a break after what happened today" Jekkel walked through the hedgeless door frame and glanced at the doorbell "Why would they destroy the doorbell?" Jekkel walked back into the manor "Well at least the armchair is ok" The armchair was on the ground tipped over. He walked over to his favourite chair and sat it back up and sat down in it "I wonder what they wanted this crystal for" He asked aloud.


@ChazGhost @Darkiplier


(I'm going to bed everyone Night."