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[Kinda open] One last shot to see the statue before it goes down

Who: Tamara, Colette, Audrey, and if anyone else shows interest will edit them in.
What: Seeing (and also possibly touching) the snake statue in the Dead District
Where: The snake statue
When: Friday Afternoon

It probably wasn't the smartest plan Tamara ever came up with, but she really wanted to just do something more than sit and twiddle her thumbs and let others get hurt. This was something within her means to do right now and she had known others like her wanted the same.

She prepared well the day before. She stopped into a thrift store and got a pair of torn up looking blue jeans and a plain looking t-shirt and also a plain baseball cap to cover her hair and even went ahead and got herself a backpack from there as well.

Then she stopped by the student store and got some art supplies. Nothing too immense, just a sketchbook and some artist's pencils and one of those erasers that you can shape. She's also brought along a small digital camera. It's one that she can use without drawing too much notice, but takes decent and clear pictures as long as there is natural light. Her plan is to not stay there any longer than an hour, less than that if possible. Get in, get some pictures, get a close look at it and get out. If they can find some way to get a drawing without drawing too much notice, then they will. If not, they can sketch from memory and the photos.

Since everyone who expressed interest was a student, she set a meeting place on campus. She set it for outside one of the buildings and made sure to check that no classes would be starting or ending when they met. There's some benches off to the side and that's where she'll be sitting.

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[General mingling and introductions can go here.]

[ While Colette isn't worried about meeting up with others from the network, she is a little more concerned about the fact that they might be watched by dangerous strangers. So when she was told to dress cautiously she took it to heart, deciding on her appearance with the utmost care. Her blond hair is all tucked neatly underneath a blue baseball cap, creating the illusion of very short hair. The bagginess of the jeans she picked up from the thrift shop and the hoodie she wears cover whatever curves she has (though admittedly there aren't man). In general, she looks very much like a boy with a pretty face.

If it weren't for her family she might not have gone all out, but she doesn't want to take any chances. Besides, to be honest, crossdressing is kind of fun. She waits on a bench for the other girls, hands wrapped around her blue bookbag. ]

[Cross dressing is a bit fun, in small doses at least. Colette should be glad she doesn't live in the dorms and have a good chance of being seen and having to explain why the weird clothing.

While Tamara has a few more curves than Colette does, she's still not extremely curvy and did at least make a bit of an effort to look boyish. But still, there's enough features with the both of them to recognize each other, just not so much to have distinguishing features.

But from a bench not too far off Colette will see someone in similar clothing wave a bit.]

[With her already short hair, Audrey made a fair enough boy already. She was a touch classier dressed perhaps - a baggy button-down tucked into jeans, short hair ruffled out of it's typical neat style and dark sunglasses over her eyes. While Audrey wasn't much of a thrift shopper, she had managed to dig these particular finds out of boxes of old clothes in the back of her uncle's closet.

She was still a bit in the distance and making her way over, giving the other pair plenty of time to talk to one another before she approached close enough to be acknowledged.]

[ This was already kind of like a secret adventure, wasn't it? Colette was fairly certain that people who knew her in passing wouldn't recognize her, and that in itself was exciting.

She spots Tamara waving and waves back, getting up from her bench and swinging the bookbag over her shoulder as she begins to walk casually toward her. ]

Hello!

[ Oh wait her voice is still girly -- she lowers it a tad. ]

Erm - I mean, hi!

[Tamara has to stifle a giggle at even the attempt to sound like a boy. But it could only help to play up the act as much as possible.]

Hi! Not a bad idea there. [Tamara tries to lower her own voice, but hers is very distinctly feminine. She can only really get it to a range of not sounding like her normal self.] And that is likely the best I can do.

[Audrey is drawing nearer now and doesn't bother to raise her sunglasses as she draws closer to the pair. She recognizes Takako at least, though it takes her a moment to realize the other person is Colette.

She speaks in a lightly amused tone. Well, when in Rome, as the saying goes. Audrey is carrying a sketchpad under one arm and adjusts it as she speaks, her own voice only vaguely convincing. She sounds more like a pretty boy than a masculine guy so...]

A little experimenting never hurts.

[ Colette giggles, covering her mouth with her hand a little. ]

You both make such pretty boys.

[ She wouldn't be surprised if a couple of girls started following them because of Audrey alone. ]

Are we all set?

[Tamara really hopes that won't be the case. It's bad enough she's already had someone think she's a lesbian.]

I think we are. I brought a digital camera as well in case we do have to leave quickly.

[She pulls it out of her backpack and it's one of the kind that looks more like a pen when looking at it from far away. They don't take the best of pictures, but tolerable when in natural light. With some photoshopping it will actually give pretty decent results and definitely improve upon what currently exists.]

We'll be taking the bus part of the way and then walk the rest. If asked questions we're doing a project for [She names off an art class and the professor for it.] on modern sculptures and their use in architecture. If we do this right, the story shouldn't be needed at all.

[Audrey can't help the brief laugh. She'd never considered whether she would make a good boy but... well, she supposed this answered the question.

She nods lightly, taking in what Tamara says.]

You really have this all planned out.

Yeah... I'm impressed!

[ And relieved. This could be dangerous, and the more careful they were, the better. ]

It is always best to be prepared. It's the programmer in me, I'm just always thinking ahead on how to solve potential issues that can crop up.

Oh, you're a programmer? I didn't know that.

[Audrey laughs lightly then, deliberately resisting bringing a hand up to her lips. That's a bit too ladylike of a gesture.]

You seemed more like an artist somehow.

[And what they do on the site. Mods have said that the agents there won't bother them, but will observe. And of course, potential echo gains if any of them touch it.]

[For all she had prepared herself for visiting this statue, Audrey was still somewhat surprised by it. The design of it wasn't impressive or astounding, nothing compared to classical statues. It almost seemed out of place somehow, at least in Audrey's opinion.

She stepped closer to it but didn't touch it just yet.]

Hmm...

[ Colette steps around, looking at the statue from different angles. It's... well made? Though she's not sure if she understands why it's a snake. A swan might have been nice. Or a golden retriever.

She does get a weird feeling from it, though. Whether it's good or bad... she's not sure. ]

[Tamara really has no issue just touching it, well, once she has pictures at least. But those she got as they approached and she was able to do so in a way that it wasn't likely noticed.

Only way to really get the full details is to just touch the thing, right? Otherwise who knows what it is made of and what weird effects it has. She pulls her hand back real fast though after doing so.

She does her best to try and hide the fact that she did see something, and it was rather disturbing.]

Careful touching it, it's a bit hot from being in the sun all day.

[Which is somewhat true, but not to the point of a reaction like that. But for now she's going to back away.]

[Audrey's glance towards Tamara is careful and thoughtful. The other girl doesn't seem overly disturbed however and so Audrey steps closer too.

It gives off a feeling almost before she lays fingers against it but once she does, the sensation hits her as well. There was that sensation of falling again, though this time...

She draws back her fingers in the same way Tamara did, now simply eyeing the stature with a furrowed brow. What... was that.]

Huh? It's hot?

[ Colette leans in more to get a closer look at it, but stumbles a little bit on her own feet, accidentally hitting her face into the statue before she can bring her hands up to catch herself. ]

Ow... oops. It is hot!

[ She rubs her face as she steps back. It hurts a little more than she expected - a weird throbbing sensation - but she hadn't exactly fallen into it that hard. That was a fumble, really. Weird... ]

[Ouch, that had to hurt.]

Are you all right?

[And Audrey instinctively winces. This was the second time she had managed to catch Colette falling into something though. Was she simply naturally clumsy?

She leans in the blonde's direction, trying to study her face as Colette rubs at it.]

You aren't bleeding, are you?

[Chat after the fact at the tea shop Colette works at.]

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[Kinda open] One last shot to see the statue before it goes down

Meeting up

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At the statue

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Discussion after the fact