Psychopath Mall

[EJP]

Time: Modern
Powerlevel: Any (But you will be powerless)

*It was midnight; a shadowy figure in a dark room watched a monitor on which the entrance of a mall could be seen. On the monitor, a handful of motionless people were being dragged into the mall and placed around an edgeless fountain where the marble was designed to look like a sun with the fountain being its center. In the center of the fountain were four pillars which held up a big blue orb which had a clock on one side of it, facing the entrance to the mall. Each body was placed with its head right next to the edge of the fountain with the water being only a few inches away. A person could be seen walking up to a girl with Pink hair and putting a 1911 colt 45 in the front waistband of her pants, on the handle of the gun was an engraving which read “A Way Out”. The shadowy figure laughed at the sight of these people around the fountain. In his mind, the fun was about to start, again.*

*5 hours later, the handful of people around the fountain started to wake up. It was still dark out and the lights inside the mall were dimmed down making their surroundings barely lit up. They would not know how they had gotten there; let alone what they were doing before they had arrived or where they were. Each one of them, except for one, was unarmed of all weapons and equipment of any kind. They would quickly be able to tell that they were in a mall, noticing the door not far away from them and the shops all around them, each with its security gate down not allowing anyone to enter into the shop. They would also quickly notice the two sets of stairs right next to them, the yellow hand railings being very noticeable in the dark. In the opposite direction of the entrance they could see the silhouette of a planter along with the lights on each pillar that led to the other end of that section of the mall. Everything looked as a mall should, except for three. There weren’t any maps around the entrance along with any benches around the fountain, not to mention there wasn’t a pay phone in sight.*

(Friendly hint: Your weapons, that I allowed, are somwhere in your area. Look for them.)

[Ninmast]

The pink-haired girl groaned as she sat up, noticing the stiffness in her waistline and pulling it out. She looked the gun over a moment before scowling at it and setting it aside. "I hate guns ..."

It was then she noticed the others to either side of her first, and she leaned over the one to her right to check and make sure they were alright.

[Veros]

A short haired young man, yawned as the girl leaned over him. After he yawned for a moment, blinked, and noticed the girl had pink hair, along with her eyes, "Interesting eyes." If she bothered to pay attention to his eye color, she'd notice that his left eye was blue and his right eye was green.

[krysondra]

Kitty sat straight up, red hair dripping tangles down her back, fighting the sudden urge to pee. There's not running water in my... All thought processes stopped as she jerked herself straight upright, knowing that she was no longer at home. There was a fountain running behind her. There were bodies to either side. She didn't check to see if they were dead yet. It wasn't that she didn't want to know. She just didn't want the feel of dead flesh lingering across her fingertips. Her eyes caught two figures shifting a few bodies over. They weren't dead then. Without knowing entirely why she was whispering, she called out to anyone who might be able to give her an answer. Her voice could have sounded tense. Or it could have sounded on the witchy side of the spectrum. At this moment, fear made her even less caring than normal.

"Hey! Do either of ya'll know what the hell is going on?" Her voice was too low to echo off of the marble yet pitched to carry to... Did that girl have pink hair? Oh, boy... She entertained herself with her thoughts. Of all the freaky situations to wake up in, and I get the one with the freaks. I'm sleeping at my desk more often. She smiled as calmly as she could. "I mean a way out might be nice right about now... Considering that the way in was so...out of our hands. I think." She put her hand to her head and groped about for purse. God loved Asprin and so did she. Without even waiting for an answer, Kitty knew this night was somehow going to be an Asprin commercial waiting to happen.

[Ninmast]

The pink-haired girl scoffed at the boy and stood. "You're fine." It was then Kitty's question reached her ears and she turned toward her. "Can't say I do," she answered a bit strongly, herself. "What's wrong, don't like waking up with strangers sleeping next to you?"

[krysondra]

Kitty was decidedly not in the mood for sarcasm, at least not of her own making and particularly from some pink-headed tweenager who knew it all. Glancing around, she noted the surroundings, and it struck her like some Silent Hill 3 nightmare. She sighed. So, we've got might and maybe right and no way out. Somebody needs to work on that. The mall seemed dark, and for a moment, she could actually see the video game stretching out in front of her. She sighed. As much as she might like to give Pink a piece of her mind, it didn't seem advisable at the moment. There was very little point in making enemies until she had to.

Kitty returned her own answer. "Can't say I do. I'm a pick and choose kinda girl, and while y'all might look good in better lighting, I haven't actually chosen any of you." She shook her head, stepping over the sleeping bodies to get to Pink. She leaned down, offering a hand up or a hand shake at the girl's interpretation. "I'm Kitty, and I'm not a..." A look around the mall confirmed that it was still dark outside. "Waking up kind of person. It tends to ruin my day, but maybe that's a bad career choice thing. You?" Her eyes lit up with a natural inquisitiveness, focusing on the girl. She picked up the boy in the background and turned her head to include them both. "Names, I mean. Age/Sex if you want old school AOL. Not that I think either of those will matter in this situation." She shuddered slightly. "And we could be here for a while, so we might as well make nice for the moment."

[Giant Brother]

"I've never been fond of it." A voice called in answer to Star's question. Cassandra Degren looked up from where she laid and got up. "Especially when the person I wake up beside looks like a younger version of someone I REALLY don't like." She said. She pointed to the figure that was beside her, revealing a teenage girl that looked shockingly familiar to the evil scientist the two knew as Karen Jameson.

[Ninmast]

"Star Peacefire," the girl answered, shaking Kitty's hand. "Sorry about the attitude."

She glanced toward Cassandra, then to the girl she mentioned. "You're right, it definitely looks like Karen, doesn't it?"

[Veros]

Standing up, the man stretched a little, even popping his neck and fingers, as he said towards everyone, "Well, since we're doing introductions, I'm William, but you can call me Wil." He glanced towards the person Cassandra and Star mentioned to be Karen, and thinks I watch those three a fight might start between them... Though his face, while he thought this remained, fairly blank, trying not to let thoughts or emotions show on his face.

[LotusBlackfire]

There was a man in a long brown leather overcoat that had been awake since the talking started, rather than make it known he was awake he had been listening in to see if he could get any information about their situation, so far nothing so he decided to take action into his own hands, besides it didnt look like this was the kinda group he would wanna team up with.

The man was located on the other side of the globe clock and he slowly crawled over the floor till he was about 15 feet away then he stood up and started walking towards the stairs, he noticed he was missing all his weapons, he would have to start looking around for them

[krysondra]

Kitty took Star's hand with the grace of one ill at ease shaking hands. "Alright, Star." The man spoke, and she glanced at him, including him in her direction. "It's my pleasure, Wil." The pleasantries were mouthed as she began scanning what she could see of her surroundings. It didn't look good. It felt like the wrong end of a shooting gallery, too open and too easy to line up a good shot. She suddenly wondered why teenagers bothered with schools when malls were so much more obviously suited to get the people they wanted and the industries they hated. Unless, of course, they were worried about blowing up Hot Topics. She snurled up her nose in thought. She turned to the other woman.

"Sorry to be so blunt, but who are you? How do you know her or her for that matter? And how, pray tell, did she get youngerif she did? Because if this was a private party, I so got the wrong invite." Her words might have seemed harsh, but the tremor in her voice could have conveyed something softer, something Kitty would never have admitted to - actual fear. Something glinted in the dim light, and she thought she made out the shape of a gun. Wheeling on Star, her eyes glinted, and she pointed to the object. "And while I'm asking questions, can I go ahead and hear about why there is a gun near you, why it's here, and why you didn't tell anyone else?"

Kitty fought a rising hysteria. She fought the bile in her throat. She fought the knowledge that, private party or no, she was here, and here was distinctly bad place to be. She knew the others might think her rough, coarse, rude. She didn't care. She wanted out. She wanted to feel sun and breeze and not imagine shadows moving away from the fountain. In a nervous habit, she reached into her purse to get her taser or something, but her purse was practically empty. Dumping its contents on the floor, she murmured to herself. "Well, what do you make of that? Insert into situation A, remove protection B, party members about to get royally screwed C."

Resignedly, she turned back to Star. "Forget the questions. If you can't or won't shoot it, I think I can. Unless someone else wants to give it a go?" She sighed. Pink was too young to go running around with guns. Pink was too young for this. They all seemed so young. It jumpstarted some motherly instinct or three that she did not want to have. "My dad taught me hunting. Rifles and pistols. I'm decent. Great on the range. And since my gear seems to be missing, I'd like something to replace it. Or am I the only one thinking that we just woke up in Chuckie's playground?"

[Ninmast]

Star's eyes narrowed in frustration at the girl yet again. "Because somebody put it there, who knows, and because nobody asked. I hate guns. If you want to use it, go right ahead, I don't care, but don't flip out."

[N4Mazter]

(Sorry I'm late, recently aquired Metroid Prime 3... ;D )

Upon hearing "gun" a couple of times, Allen gets up like a zombie rising from the grave. His yawn only makes him seem more like one. Cracking his neck like nuckles after his yawn, he turns his glare towards Star.

"Where are we, who are you and the rest, and you can call me Allen."

[Giant Brother]

"Colin Degren." Cassandra answered Kitty. "I don't know if that girl is who I think she is, though." She said, pointing to what seemed o be Karen. "And I know her because of my boy.... well, a friend."

[EJP]

*As AJ went up the stairs he could see a big CD store with gates down. The store had no doors and was wide open except for the gate being down. If AJ had really wanted to he could grab a few CD cases, even though the only onces in reach were some crappy pop princess, a Feminist book on CD, and some unheard of band that looked to be either Emo or Country music. from the CD case art. Right next to the shop on AJ's right, a red glowing "EXIT" sign hanged over a door that read "Staff Only". Next to that was a childrens clothing store called the "Jamming Juvenile" with its gates down aswell. A large shadowy figure could be seen standing in the far window, it seemed to be too tall for a manikin at a kids clothing store. Behind AJ was large windows that looked out into the parking lot and part of the city or town the mall was in. Once again, there didn't seem to be any benches or pay phones in sight, aswell as planters this time.*

(Friendly Hint: Remember, I'm mostly DMing this so if your expecting me to post, you have to do something such as move around and disscover things.)