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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 17, 2022 20:03:29 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Wednesday, May 3, 1940 Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:15 am
Marie and Jack were reunited (a scene that everyone found most touching and rewarding).
Bentley House was a three-story home in the federal style. It rested on a quarter-acre lot, most of which was dominated by the building itself and a small, attached, two-car garage. The perimeter of the lot was protected by a 5' tall iron fence. There were lights on, on the first and second floors, but every window had dark curtains that shielded the privacy of the inhabitants.
There was no sign of Hawkgirl at first until she made a silent pass overhead, then she alighted on a roof a half block away. That building happened to have a fire escape, already lowered, that accessed the roof.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jun 17, 2022 20:42:10 GMT
Hourman parks the area a block away and then seeing her silhouette he motions to captain Desmo to the fire escape. Hourman then uses this to get to the roof. Once Hourman has made the climbs, and the captain follows, he waits for her to land and give a "sit rep" of the situation
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jun 18, 2022 14:48:11 GMT
Hobbes wanted to give Jack and Marie some space, and said he would be useful as a driver if they needed to get away quick. Desmo agreed, and complimented the good fellow for doing just was needed of him to take care of Marie. With Desmo waiting in Hourman's car, he followed Hourman up to get a rough idea of the layout of the Bentley House with his own ideas and learn whatever Hawkgirl was able to glean from her quick flight around.
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 21, 2022 1:30:27 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:20 am
Hawkgirl had indeed arranged for them to easily rendezvous with her on the roof. "Is Marie okay?" was her first question.
After being assured that Marie was as calm as someone who'd been kidnapped for a day could be, she got down to business. "Nobody is coming and going. Nobody is patrolling outside. There is no rooftop access other than the chimney. All three floors have windows, but I can't see in any of them. Someone was just recently on the third floor, but then the light up there went out. Judging by the number of lights that have been on inside, I'm guessing there's at least three people awake inside."
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Post by dtspurrier on Jun 21, 2022 20:50:25 GMT
Hourman looks down and thinks and says. " The chimney idea might be out of question if they have a fire going. We could do the direct approach and attack from all sides but that could be a messy combat. We could try to sneak in a peek in the windows. Hawkgirl can you hover with your wings and try to peek in the window?"
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 21, 2022 23:04:39 GMT
((Just to quickly clarify for your discussion.))
Hawkgirl shook her head, revealing both sides of her stylized helmet. "You can see from the street that every window is curtained. If there is a small gap in the curtains...well, I can't hover steady enough to look through a small opening."
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jun 22, 2022 3:09:12 GMT
"If we somehow could," said Desmo. "I'd like to get us in quietly from a third floor window and take the bullies out one by one, working our way down. I'm concerned about splitting up because we don't know exactly who's in there and how many. Any other ideas folks?"
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Post by dtspurrier on Jun 22, 2022 18:19:44 GMT
Hourman says " this looks like the best approach is to stay together. Lets sneak over and find a way up. I did not bring a grapple gun and I do not see a tressle or balcony. Unless the guy has a shed we can find a ladder. "
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 22, 2022 22:44:56 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:21 am
Hawkgirl was able to share more information. "There actually is a trellis around the side that reaches up to the second floor, and there is a balcony on the second floor, in the back. There's a shed back there too. I can carry you each one at a time up to the third floor, but whoever goes up first will be alone for 1-2 minutes."
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 25, 2022 16:46:01 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:22 am
Hour-Man volunteered to go in first, still having his hour of power in reserve. So Hawkgirl held onto him tightly under the arms from behind him and her wings lifted them aloft. Soon they were swooping down over the Bentley House and its, hopefully, unsuspecting inhabitants.
They were going for stealth, rather than just launch straight through a class window. Instead, Hour-Man asked her to fly in close to a window, grabbed hold of each window ledge, and then checked the window with his other hand to see if it was locked.
"I can only hold you so long..." Shiera whispered, the strain in her voice showing she was struggling.
With luck, the third window they checked, the first one on the west side of the third floor, was unlocked and ajar!
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jun 26, 2022 14:36:37 GMT
Desmo waited for Hawkgirl to fly back. "Too bad I don't have wings like that dame," he thought. "Or maybe some mini copter machine I could pilot around the city."
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Post by dtspurrier on Jun 27, 2022 16:38:07 GMT
Hourman opens the window and creeps inside and leaves it open for Desmo and hawkgirl
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jun 28, 2022 22:35:18 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:24 am
The room Hour-Man climbed into was a dark, unoccupied study. The walls were paneled in dark wood and the floor was covered in rugs over tile. There was a large desk in the room, a small bookcase, two paintings (portraits, one with an unusual, large frame) hanging on the walls, and a large houseplant in a vase on a stand. There were doors in the room, in the left (north) and opposite (east) walls. There was bright light under the east door. Hour-Man listened to that door and heard nothing.
By then, Captain Desmo and Hawkgirl were coming in through the window, one after another, and saw the same interior.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jun 29, 2022 21:29:48 GMT
Using the moonlight as light, Hourman goes to the unusual painting and takes it down seeing if there is a safe. If there is a safe he will try to crack it, trying to find evidence not for robbery
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jun 30, 2022 14:59:12 GMT
Desmo decided to have a quick look around himself and focus on the desk and bookshelves.
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