Zoro

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I think I'll wait to call him that until we're standing outside watching the diner burn to a crisp. It'd be more poetic that way.

And you know, I like the first two Ghostbusters but didn't remember any of the character's names.

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"A tiger? The hell is going on?!" He accentuated his frustrations by throwing the ketchup bottle on the floor and then giving himself a big facepalm.

"What are the odds the tiger is Maddie Wilson?"

"What kind of stupid question is that? She just screamed, I heard her! This isn't some kind of game, kid. Those vines are spreading and, I don't know how, but I think they are what made that lady disappear! We need to save Maddie now!"

And by we he meant himself, because the only other help was an imbecile cook who was too busy taking his sweet time yapping his head off, some sort of clueless cosplayer girl who'd probably end up getting herself killed, and a few other people just standing around watching things happen.

A loud crash sounded from the floor as he knocked dishes and glasses off the nearest four-legged table. "Maybe we can use this as some sort of shield? Or maybe there's a window in the restroom?"

"Oh yeah, forgot I was still on the phone with you. There's a tiger in the restroom along with the girl. We're going in to rescue her, no time to explain!"

Phosphoros

I... Y-I...

Just, wow. There's not much more I can/want to say besides that.

@Dr Catfish

Has your awe towards my intricately crafted character made you speechless? Don't feel bad, it's a common problem.

Phosphoros

This looks exciting. My character is basically what would happen if Diogenes was also a vampire/werewolf.

EDIT: Done with charsheet, pending approval!

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There are tigers prowling by the toilet,
Vines that drink people like they were Soylent.
Come to Duskwick,
See it all!

Imbecile cooks in dilapidated diners,
Laser gun wielding cosplaying minors.
They came to Duskwick,
Were never seen again.

Will you come to Duskwick?
@Hellis, @Girlie1Bomba, @Dread?

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Mister Reis kept his eyes glued to his phone's screen, easily ignoring the annoying employee who somehow felt the most important thing to do while the diner broke out into chaos and people were literally disappearing was single him out to harass even as he was on the phone trying to save his dear manager's ass.

His heart skipped a few beats. She had indeed disappeared. He'd watched it twice, once in slow motion. The video could not lie. He hadn't even gotten high yet, so his eyes weren't lying either. And then there were the vines twisting and swelling like they were in a time lapse video... only in real time.

"I don't care what the 911 dispatcher said, this is an emergency. Get your people down here now!"

He immediately threw his phone at the suitcase girl. "Here's the video.... wait, what the hell are you wearing?!" His eyes lingered jealously on the abundant bits and bobs of her stunning cyber/steampunk cosplay helmet and heavy armament, until he remembered he was in the middle of an ongoing crisis. "Just put that thing away before the cops come and shoot you because they think that's a real gun."

"Wait! Get away from the door!" He sprinted the rest of the way to the group huddled outside the restrooms, grabbed a ketchup bottle in one hand and a mustard bottle in the other, and then simultaneously squirted them both at the door. "If that mess doesn't disappear or rot away in just a moment, we're going in."

"We'll be there in just a moment! Are you okay in there?!", he yelled as loud as he could at the door.

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I can think of at least one way your character ruined things, but I'll save that for an IC post (if it comes up). Also, @Mokley, can you just tell me here if the video of the ugly purple shirt manager lady disappearing will be weird in some way like everything else instead of having to wait for a full fledged mod post to find out?

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He hissed at the annoying kitchen boy and gave him the angriest shush finger-to-the-lips gesture he could muster. Thankfully the large suitcase girl cut in to explain the situation to the idiot, letting Mister Reis focus on the important task of informing the police of this exciting development. The thought of how pleased and indebted the mayor would be for his role in helping find one of the missing girls made him almost giddy. If he was lucky, the mayor would even hold an impromptu press conference and delay their meeting so that he could have time to change out of his strawberry milkshake stained clothes. And get something to eat a proper restaurant, not this run-down dump staffed by apes.

As there didn't appear to be anyone overly suspicious sitting in the booths, he made his way towards the frantic group assembled outside the restroom door while waiting for the police department to pick up. Why did it take the police so long just to answer the bloody phone?

"Finally! I found one of the missing girls–Maddie. She's at the old diner in town, the Fed Zone I think it's called. And–"

He cocked his head.

"...And she just disappeared??"

"Did anyone see that?! Did she just DISAPPEAR?! Just like that?", he yelled out to the diner in general.

"And there's also like weeds growing out of the door to the restrooms. You probably need to send someone down to write them up for a health code violation or something", he said with even more satisfaction than he would derive from giving this place a 1 star review on Yelp.

He pulled out his phone and played back his glasses video he had just taken. Did she really just disappear?

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I think it's a stretch to say they were having a conversation at the point to begin with. D asked a question, but João would have ignored it because he's on the phone with emergency services and has more important things to do than chitchat with kids. :D

I'm also waiting for @Mokley to post before I do anything. Need to know if he found anything suspicious in the diner or if the runaway girl does anything noteworthy before I know what to do next.

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@Rabidporcupine I assumed Jeremy had ran off to the kitchen right after being told to get a manager. But I think it's both hilarious and perfectly in character for him to talk about Jeremy like he isn't standing right there, so no problems this time. It could create problems in the future though if we just assume things without waiting for others to post first. Given the life cycle of a typical RP, I think the best option is to make assumptions if necessary in order to keep things moving along unless the thread has already fallen into the death spiral of slow posting/inactivity. But we should have at least posted something in the OOC asking you if that was ok first so you could give the gist of what you wanted to do even if you didn't have the time or whatever to do a proper IC post. So, sorry about that.