Receptionist wrote:Perhaps. I'd like to see The Pit.
The elevator is housed in the column mentioned earlier, and is disturbingly organic looking. The doors seem to dilate rather than open, but upon stepping inside it feels as firm and hard to the touch as any other elevator made of plastic and steel. There are no controls to select the floor.
The doors close, and after a very brief journey the doors open again onto a black and white corridor. Rather than crossing the exit from the elevator, the corridor leads directly away, with no apparent doors on either side. Travelling down it a little way, however, reveals a single black door in the white wall. There is no name on it.
As soon as you knock the door swings inwards revealing a surprisingly small office. Slightly cold, and made of the same black marble from the atrium, it is decorated with a few ancient red leather chairs and an equally ancient looking desk. A few trophies – a couple of skulls, animal and human, a Thresher Vaph assault rifle, a broken blade – adorn the walls. Behind the desk stands Dour, bulky and sinister, and beside him a thin and pasty looking Brain Waster.
For those who have never met him, Dour is large and brutal in appearance, a hulking creature even for a Necanthrope. Looking like a gorilla made from leather, with a flat elongated head. He has fanblade-like protrusions from his shoulders that resemble miniature wings, and an air of barely contained violence surrounds him. His Brain Waster assistant beckons you into the office.
Grimmie nervously looks behind him, trying to make contact with everyone in the group as if to say "You're going to follow me in, right?"
Grimmie wrote:Mr. Dour.
Cautiously, Grimmie steps in and chooses to stand <i>behind</i> on of the chairs, allowing some of the new recruits to take a face-full of Dour.
Being stuck inside a limo with the guy was as close as Grimmie wanted to ever get.
Dour wrote:Five Punk. I hope you've fared well since we last met. I see you are more numerous than you were then.
I apologise for the vagueness of your news file. I'm not used to issuing them, and I'd rather that we discussed it in person. An assistant of mine noticed a serial killer case in Lower Downtown that would otherwise have been ignored, but I have reason so suspect it may be more than it seems. I won't speak any more about what it may be at present, in case I am wrong. It is safer for you that way. It appears to be that this killer will dispatch his victim with whatever comes to hand, and then remove the skin from the lower half of the face with a kitchen knife or suchlike. I believe the effect is intended to give the corpse a grisly smile. I would like you to go to Lower Downtown and investigate this killer.
Dour wrote:My assistant can provide you with the file the Shivers have compiled. It isn't extensive, but I'm sure you can cope with that. Contact me when something seems out of the ordinary, or when you think there is nothing more to follow up.
With that the Brain Waster steps forward and holds out a dataslug in his open palm.
His Computer Use is 4, if Pants wants to make a roll for him.
Grimmie wrote:A termination warrant eh? Oh hoo hoo!
Suddenly I'm liking the sound of this BPN.
I might hop off for a second and grab some more ammo, and meet you there.
On your way through Central and Uptown you'll probably pass a few places that sell ammo. I'll just do a passive check for Deej, which since the information is already present in a nice, Op-friendly format, he passes.
You've plenty of time to peruse the file on your way to Lower Downtown. The gauss trains get you to Upper Downtown reasonably quickly, but from there you have to get a reluctant cab. The quality of the roads drops rapidly below surface level, and it takes a few hours to get to your sector. The driver drops you off and speeds away, conspicuous by being the only vehicle you've seen down here so far. Pasty, thin residents watch you warily.
The file contains details of a handful of gory killings, all from this sector and in the last few months. The MO is as described by Dour, killing with an improvised object and mutilated with a kitchen knife or suchlike. The weapons were found at the scene in every case. Also in the file is a clip of CCTV footage, rare in Lower Downtown, which shows a grainy few seconds of a thin man with a large and disturbing grin. The Shivers don't appear to have done any investigation.
Phoebe wrote:
This place is not making me feel comfortable at all.. it would be nice to know how these victims are linked to get an idea of this guy's motives. I say we start interviewing some of the victims neighbours. If we can figure out what the victims had been up to recently, it may help. Let's pick a victim report and get a move on.. don't feel like hangin around here too much more.
Phoebe takes the victim reports and thumbs through them...
Phoebe wrote:Let's start with this one, it was the first reported murder they have on file. Maybe someone nearby can tell us a little more.
