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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 9, 2014 3:25:33 GMT -5
Main city of Manehattan that doesn't involve any specific location.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 9, 2014 17:00:29 GMT -5
Things were busy in the streets and Lyra and Bon Bon, with their favorite secretary in tow, made their way to a large office suit, "This is the place?" Lyra asked, not all that drawn to the dull, large building. "Yes. Our own humble office. And it's across the street from where we live. We couldn't ask for a better place of business." Bon Bon explained and started of the flight of stairs to the third floor where their office was. "If you say so." Lyra said, not all that convinced, "How will we even get any business in this ragtag place anyway?" "We'll have signs put on the door to the office and we'll be added to the building board right outside. After that, it's just a matter of time." Bon Bon said and like that they were at the office. Bon Bon opened the door and the three began to acquaint themselves with their new locale of business.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 9, 2014 17:58:29 GMT -5
Hidden Berry was browsing through a jewelry store, the clerk by her side. "Maybe a necklace? Gold trim, diamonds and pearls." "We have a wide selection Miss." The clerk told her. "Money is no object." Berry stopped in front of a black and red plague that was inclosed inside a glass case. "What's this." "That is one of our star attractions. It's an ancient artifact said to bestow untold beauty. The gems decorating it are all original." The clerk said proudly. "Is it worth a lot?" "It's priceless." "I guess you can't put a price on ugly." Berry said and moved on. "Ooh! What about this?" She said pointing inside one of the glass display cases. "That's a legband for a filly's cutesenera." The clerk said dismissively. "It's perfect! I'll take it, can you hold it for me until next week." "Yes." The clerk said lifting an eyebrow. "But I will have to ask for a deposit." "No problem. As I said. Money is no object." Berry said with an innocent smile.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 9, 2014 18:11:27 GMT -5
Having acquainted themselves with their office, they made note of what furnishings they would need to get to fill the space. They were discussing how many desks and cabinets they should get as well as what their business plan would be now that things were official.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 10, 2014 1:52:17 GMT -5
After a days shopping Berry went back to her apartment with a new dress and some groceries. Inside she put her dress in an almost empty closet and put away her food. She also took out a little figurine of a field and waterfall and put it on a shelf. She knew this wasn't a real home, but at least she could make it feel a little bit more personal.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 12, 2014 3:07:10 GMT -5
Lyra and Bon Bon pulled themselves together and started out of the office to get some supplies and place orders for furniture. The secretary stayed indoors did spot cleaning on the office. When the two mares made it outside, a little school filly ran up to them with a paper in her mouth, "Hawv eeuu seen mai kitty? She's been gone all day." The filly said, not even taking the time to spit the paper out before speaking. She was breathing pretty heavy and sweating a bit from running pony to pony and door to door asking if anyone had seen her kitty. Bon Bon looked over to Lyra with a smile who just rolled her eyes and started walking, "Oh, just ignore her. Did you know that we're like detective? And finding things is our specialty." Bon Bon said to the filly who finally spit out the paper. "Really? Would you take my case then? I still have some of my nightmare night candy to pay you with." The little girl said sweetly. "Haha, that won't be necessary. It's our first job, so we'd be glad to do it free of charge." Bon Bon said with a little smile. "You're first job? Are you sure you'll be able to find her?" The filly said unsure. "I guarantee it." Bon Bon said and picked up the picture the girl had dropped, "If this your cat?" She asked and the girl nodded yes, "Where do you live? That way I'll know where to drop the cat off after we find it." She said and the little girl explained how to get to her parents place from the front of the office, "Alright, thanks for the info. When we find her, you'll be the first to know. Mind if I keep this picture with me? I'll return it later." "Yeah, you can keep it with you. Maybe it'll help you find Snowy." the girl said with a smile. "Snowy? Is that the kitties name?" "Yep. I've got to get home, but I'll wait for you to come back." she said and started running off. "Sure thing. I'll find her as soon as possible." Bon Bon called after the filly before she ran too far away. Bon Bon then made her way to catch up with Lyra.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 12, 2014 4:37:30 GMT -5
ooc: I'm not sure how much you want Lyra and Bon Bon to cross paths or how much liberty you're giving me here, but just let me know if I messed up your story. It was getting late and the sun was moving closer to the horizon. Berry was on the roof of the building on the opposite side of the jewelry store she visited earlier. She was relaxing and watching everything around her as well as patiently casing the store. Suddenly something brushed against her leg and she jumped. It was a small kitten. "Cats. I hate cats." She said when she calmed down. "Shoo you little furball! You're bothering me." She said and went back the 'relaxing'.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 12, 2014 10:31:19 GMT -5
OOC: That's exactly what I was going to do actually Though I'll have to compensate for the time skip ahead. BIC: Bon Bon almost had to work solo in finding the cat while she and Lyra went to the Furniture store and office supply to order the things they would need. Feeling a bit defeated, Bon Bon lectured Lyra all the way back to the office on the importance of teamwork and working together. Lyra passively listened all the way back, used to this kind of thing by now. While they were talking, the picture Bon Bon had in her bag was ripped out with a stronger breeze and despite her best efforts, she couldn't catch it. Now Bon Bon was almost irate and Lyra has to survive that lecture too.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 12, 2014 14:25:40 GMT -5
After the store closed and she was sure everything was ready Berry headed over to the store's roof. But somehow the little kitten followed her. "Shoo! You pestering feline." Berry tried to chase it away in vain. "Okay, look, just stay here then. Don't move okay. Be a good kitty." She said and jumped down to the back of the shop.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 13, 2014 12:42:46 GMT -5
Lyra and Bon Bon finally made it back to the office and Secretary went to work calming her down while Lyra went to the back room. Lyra, bored in the empty room, went back through the lobby and to the door, "Where are you going?" Bon Bon said, looking right at Lyra. She didn't say it out of spite or to keep tabs on her but just as a question. "I saw a small chair in the dumpster back the way we came. I'm going to get it so I have somewhere to sit." she said, stopping but not looking back. She then left and Bon Bon and Secretary sat and talked about plans and such.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 13, 2014 15:53:49 GMT -5
Berry strolled through the jewelry store as if she owned the place. "Unicorn security, very nice, but outdated by almost a month now. This will be a great time for an upgrade." She said as she softly walked, jumped and circled her way through a pattern that must have looked bizarre if anypony had seen her. She stopped in front of the case with the black and red plaque. "I'd feel like a criminal if I pawned something that ugly off to somepony." She said and continued. After a bit of lockpicking and few other tricks she learned from the trade she found herself in the vault. She took out the band she asked the clerk to put away for her. "You sure are special." She said looking at it. "But, you're a present and I need to keep you cold." She put it back and started taking some of the other jewelry as well as her cash deposit she paid for the band, with interest, before exiting the vault. She was still in high spirits when she saw the three dark figures inside the store and quickly she dove behind the counter without a sound, almost as she had vanished from where she was. She took a quick peek at the shadows. One of them were definitely a pony, but she wasn't sure about the other two. One was small and the other big, standing on two feet. They all wore black suits and masks with red stripes. The pony was busy in front of the glass cabinet holding the ugly plaque. ooc: You ask for 'botch upped theft' and I give you 'botched upped theft'. I only had it planned until here, from here you can do with whatever you want with these guys and Berry can move along out of interest without having to encounter Bon Bon or Lyra.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 13, 2014 20:51:11 GMT -5
OOC: Botched up? Not even close, try painfully efficient and great at her job I don't think she's made a single bad move. Not... to see who these characters are... Uses mind control helmet on cat. BIC: From outside the Jewelry store, the cat was purring, rubbing herself against the door and singing the song of her people (meowing very loudly) OOC: No idea who these three are or is this will get their attention... or Berries...
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 14, 2014 2:12:11 GMT -5
ooc: Well, it's mostly to theft in a whole that has gone sour, not her technique. And as I said it's up to you to flesh out these characters, what their goals are, who their boss is, if they even have a boss and if you want to use them for the story. "Would you get that cat!" The pony said through clenched teeth as he worked on the display case. "Sure thing, it'll be my pleasure." The big one said and walked towards the door. He opened it a little and tried luring the kitten nearer. "Here kitty."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 14, 2014 2:17:11 GMT -5
The cat hissed and darted through the door. She ran straight for where the security system Berry so carefully dodged was placed. OOC: I'm lost
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 14, 2014 2:28:43 GMT -5
The big one dove for the cat and missed and the security went off. "Great!" The pony said. "Just break it!" The big one stood up and broke the glass case and the pony grabbed the plaque. "Horseapples!" Berry said and grabbed her mouth closed when she realized she said it out loud. The small one heard the sound and moved towards the counter. "Natasha! What are you doing? Let's go now!" The pony said and the three run out the front door, the big one smashing that to bits as well.
ooc: Well, what kind off bad guys do you want BB&L to face?
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 14, 2014 2:38:00 GMT -5
The kitty walked up to Berry and and rubbed herself against Berry's hoof. "Meow." she said and purred. OOC: Pushing Berries buttons I was leaving that mostly up to you. I guess something that could help being the team together. I don't know if you could tell, but I tried to paint the picture of a team that is still learning to work together. They can fight together, but the rest is every pony for herself. Bon Bon was lifting the Chair out of the dumpster when the alarm went off and Lyra looked in it's direction. She ran out of the allyway and saw a broken building down the street. She ran in that direction. The paper that flew from Bon Bon's bag, blew into the room Berry was in and hit her in the face.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 14, 2014 13:54:33 GMT -5
ooc: That's why I wanted to leave it for you, because you know best how to bring your team together. I could handle most of it, but you're going to have to help in what direction this takes.
Berry grabbed the paper from her face and looked at the little kitten. "Are you proud of yourself now?" She asked ad grabbed it by the scruff. "Let's get out of here before somepony sees us." The three thieves ran right passed Lyra with the plaque in the big ones arms. Back on the roof of the building opposite the jewelry store Berry looked at the mess down below. "Well, that could have gone better, but all's well that ends well I suppose." She looked at the paper that she still had in her hoof. "So you've gotten yourself lost, haven't you fuzzball? I think we can do something about that."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 14, 2014 14:41:44 GMT -5
OOC: Alright. what do I need to know about these three right now, so I can plan accordingly?
BIC: Lyra immediately gave chase to the three, though she wasn't sure why. Perhaps they just looked really suspicious, but she did give chase, "Hey! Stop right there pal!" She yelled after them.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 14, 2014 16:44:16 GMT -5
ooc: Right now they'll just get away by doing something really unexpected, even for vampire hunters I assume. So Lyra should be confused long enough to let them get away.
"Somebody's chasing us Wiz." The large thief said. "I can see that!" The pony said and he stopped and turned around to face her, and so did his friends. In the light of the street it was more clear now that the pony was a unicorn and that the large thief was a manticore, but the little thief was still unrecognizable. "Sorry Love." The pony said. "But we don't have time to chat." All three the thieves eyes started to glow and laser beams shot out that blasted the road in front of Lyra. As soon as they did they turned tail and ran again.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 15, 2014 11:58:01 GMT -5
Lyra tried to chase on through the cloud of dust but only served to run face first into a rock that was blown up through the explosion. Lyra fell over dazed and wit ha bloody nose (picture a knocked out pokemon ) and wasn't able to chase them any further.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 15, 2014 15:10:04 GMT -5
"Let's get you cleaned up." Berry told the kitten when she got home. "The last thing I need is a little fuzzball leaving paw prints all over my clean room.
ooc: I'll leave you to end the night. I don't have anything else planned.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 16, 2014 4:27:42 GMT -5
OOC: Alright. I think this will be a decent sized post so it might take a bit to type up... or not not sure myself. BIC: It had been a really long time since Lyra had gone out and even Secretary started to worry, "Come on. Let's go figure out what's keeping her. She probably got distracted or something is chatting away with some colt." Bon Bon said, hiding her own worry behind a mean exterior. The secretary nodded and the two went for the door when it opened on it's own. Lyra walked in, a large bandage on her head and covered in dirt. There was a large chair on her back from the dumpster and Lyra herself had an unamused, annoyed look in her face, "Where have you been? We started to worry about you. And where did you get those bumps and bruises? Did the chair fight back?" Bon Bon scolded as Lyra seemed to ignore her and set of the chair in the corner. "I tried to stop a jewelry store robbering in progress, I'll have you know. The perps got away and seemed to have some strange powers. They blew up a chunk of street and a rock hit me in the head. Emergency services got there and gave me a bit of first aid before I was sent home. That alright with you, Mom!" Lyra almost yelled back at her, not wanting to hear any of this at the moment and only wanting to enjoy her chair. Bon Bon was steaming again and opened her mouth but stopped when Secretary put a hoof on her shoulder. Bon Bon held her tongue and walked off to calm down, again, while Secretary talked things over with Lyra. She wasn't happy to need to be the mediator between these two every day they weren't hunting vampires, but she knew that when they worked together, nothing was impossible. She only hopped they would realize that before things went south for good. ... Bon Bon had left without notice to sleep off the day while Bon Bon and Secretary walked together to their apartment across the street. They left Bon Bon to her room and retired to each their own. The next morning might be met with more yelling, but only time will tell.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 16, 2014 5:43:22 GMT -5
ooc: I'm going to say that the cat's name was on the flyer that Lyra lost, because it's going to be way too much for Berry to do everything she needs to do here just by going on a picture.
The next morning Berry was in front of the house of the little girl who lost her cat. Snowy was cleaned up and had a new collar around its neck with its name and address on it. She rang the doorbell again, but nopony came to answer. "Did I get it wrong? That collar wasn't cheap and it's going to be useless if I put the wrong address on it." She said stepping back and looking at the house. "Are they all out? Maybe they left to look for you. Hmm? Only one way to find out." Berry said and a little later she was in the house and poking around. She lifted a bowl off the kitchen floor with the name Snowy on it. "Yours I presume, fuzzball?" The cat meowed. "I thought as much. So we have a lost kitten and a little girl looking for it." She walked to the front door. "And we have an empty house, that's bolted from the inside." She sighed and explored further. She stopped at one of the windows that had scratch marks all over it and the floor. "I don't suppose this is your doing, is it?" She asked the cat and followed the scratches on the floor. She ended up in a study that was filled with papers and scrolls that had symbols on them that she didn't recognize. Some other papers contained translations of some of the symbols. "And her dad seems to decipher ancient languages. And this probably has nothing to do with the ugly plaque that was stolen last night that had an ancient language on it. Nope, no connection at all." She said sarcastically. She touched something slimy on the wall and it stuck to her hoof, she showed it to the cat. "And this is why I don't like cats. I always end up in some kind of trouble when cats are involved." She sighed.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 16, 2014 11:41:07 GMT -5
Bon Bon and Secretary got up and were eating breakfast. Lyra hadn't come out yet and the morning was unusually quiet. It was unsettlingly quiet, and when time came to open up the office Secretary got up to fetch Lyra but Bon Bon said they would give her the day off. Secretary agreed and the two crossed the street to go to work.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 16, 2014 15:07:51 GMT -5
ooc: I was hoping they'd come over to the little girl's house or something, as I have no way to pull them into the story other than having them find out what Berry found out and drawing their own conclusions about it.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 16, 2014 17:08:20 GMT -5
OOC: Bon Bon and Secretary will do that then. Lyra isn't actually here at the moment, she's trying to track down the two from earlier. She left a note in the room but it won't be found till later. The next hint would have been that the chair was gone when they reached the office, which won't happen as they'll go immediatly on the hunt for the cat, and then I was going to have Bon Bon track down Lyra but if they don't find the letter then they can go look for the Cat instead. Lyra would go back to the scene of the robbery, which I assume is a crime scene now, and ask questions about the robbery.
BIC: Lyra was walking down the street down, carrying her chair and box of belongings like it was a feather on her back, and walked up to the now destroyed building. Yellow tape quarantined off an area and the guard that helped her last night walked up to her again.
OOC: Can you play the guard? Lyra will ask her questions and I'm sure he'd be best to answer them.
Bon Bon and Secretary were skimming the other side of town for the cat until they reached the house where the girl was supposed to be staying. Bon Bon knocked in the door, preparing herself to update the girl on her severe lack of progress, and maybe ask some questions.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 16, 2014 18:05:01 GMT -5
ooc: That's fine, I can work with both these to help get them into the story.
Berry looked up. "Who can that be? Friends of the kidnapped family?" She looked around the room. "It's probably a good idea to have them find out what's happened, let them contact the police to investigate these weird scratches. But how to get their attention?" She picked up a pair of tweezers. "Sorry little fuzzball, but this is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me. Oh, who am I kidding, I'm going to love this." Moments later the terrifying yell of a cat whose hairs on its tail was just pulled out vibrated in the visitors' ears.
"Ah, you're the girl from last night?" The guard said. "Here to look at the scene of the crime? Miss, ah, I'm sorry, but I seem to have forgotten your name." "Nooooo!" The clerk cried in front of the broken display case. "How could this have happened to me! My star attraction! I'm ruined!" He crawled over to the guard and grabbed his shirt. "Ruined! I'm ruined!" He cried over and over. "Please excuse me Miss, but I need to tend to him for a second." He turned to the other guards. "Hey you! New guy! Could you this mare with any of her questions." "Yes sir-r." The guard said walking over as the head guard led the clerk away. The new guard wore a hat that was pulled low over his brow. "How may, I, help you Miss?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 16, 2014 18:38:22 GMT -5
"What was that." Bon Bon asked and looked back to find Secretary gone, "And where are you?" Bon Bon asked the open air with a blank expression.
Inside the building, Secretary was downstairs and making her way upstairs. She began walking though the house and opened the door from the inside, "Nopony is home it seems." "I don't like breaking and entering." Bon Bon said as she stepped inside, "ANYBODY HERE!" She yelled, despite what Secretary had said.
Lyra nodded to the guard, "I'm Private Eye Bon Bon. I was here last night and saw three characters leaving the scene with something large, though I don't remember what it was. I'll be hu... Mhm, tracking them down to bring them in since I believe they have the power necessary to do this kind of damage. I was just hoping we could exchange information so I can start working on leads." Lyra explained, trying to be calm but not liking being passed off to some newby. Still, she maintained her composure pretty well.
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Post by Bio Plus on Sept 17, 2014 3:24:23 GMT -5
"Didn't expect that." Berry said from up a tree outside the house. "Almost got caught. Anyway, you can stay with me until your owner is found fuzzball. We'll she it's payment for pulling out your fur." Berry jumped down and started to go, but stopped when she saw the same scratch marks in the ground outside. She hesitated. "They look like they're capable ponies, they should be able to handle this." She said before walking away. And the street however she sighed and turned down the way the scratches were leading.
"Ar-re you sur-re you saw what you did, Miss?" The newbie asked her. "Some jewelr-ry was stolen and a display piece with little value. Just decor-ration. It was pr-robably some str-reet punks who thought it was valuable."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Sept 17, 2014 4:37:31 GMT -5
Bon Bon and Secretary made it upstairs where they were greeted with the same study. Bon Bon was just in. Bon Bon noticed first the tuft of hair on the floor from the cat but no cat to be seen, "Something's up here. I know I heard the cat up here but nopony's home? Not even a cat?" "I think this fellow is a professor of sorts. There's some kind of ancient language here he seemed to be studying." Secretary said and Bon Bon walked up to her. "Again, with the snooping around." She said but still rummaged through the papers and the strange language.
OOC: What is the strange goo on the wall? Is it something either Bon Bon or Secretary would find odd or would they blame the cat like Berry did?
BIC: Lyra's eyebrow twitched as she tried to be patient with the little man but her fuse was already notoriously short, shortened by the past two days of fighting with Bon Bon, "You're standing in front of a destroyed wall where only a few items of the many expensive jewels were specifically targeted. The damage here and the damage up the street are largly identical and the piece I saw them with was rather large. Why take that instead of the smaller, more expensive pieces? None of this can be chucked up to coincidence. Not are you going to give me solid answers or am I going to have to cross this tape, an act you don't want me to do." Lyra said fiercely with a fire in her eye.
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