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Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2013-09-24 08:29 pm

[General Log] Tuning Towers, Sept. 22 onward.

Who: Any and all!
Where: The site of Tuning Towers (and/or en route accordingly), at the heart of the business district in Locke City's downtown.
When: September 22nd and onward.
What: Following that mysterious buzzing sound to its strongest point! Perhaps you made plans with numbered associates for a trip downtown, or perhaps you went a-wandering alone to follow the noise yourself - surely you'll hardly be the only one.



[Tuning Towers, the third-largest building in the United States and Locke City's most prominent feature, from a tourist perspective in one sense and quite literally by another - look up and marvel, if you will, should you not be a bit too distracted by the circumstances.

Even if you needed to focus to tune into the buzzing in your brain at the start of whatever trip you took, you'll find that by the time you come close enough to the tower to feel a rising sensation of tremors beneath your feet - unnoticed, as far as one can tell, by the crowds, which almost never lack presence around the building - you'll be able to hear it very easily without even trying. It isn't terribly intrusive in the first couple of days after the return of the lights in the sky. As September moves on and into October, however, the intensity will grow all the more overbearing.

It is, indeed, even worse if you enter the building - only the ground floor is accessible to the unauthorized by the tower's maintenance and management or personnel of the companies making use of it. Apart from that, among the indoor crowds, you'll find nothing unusual on the ground floor - and if you'll find that the buzzing loses its strength the higher you go if you take a trip up to one of the observation floors.]
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
And with that the two entered the tower, to be met with the horrid buzzing that people around them seemed to be ignoring.
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
As soon as they passed through the doors, it hit like a wave--the buzzing like an active hive, and the ground, almost feeling like it was moving, breathing below her feet. Making a very conscious effort to not wince, she glanced toward Ez, speaking low. "Where do you suggest we look first?"
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Good question. Man this place is obnoxious. We should check to see if there's any place that's obviously guarded. That'd be my first guess."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"But if it's guarded, how are we supposed to get in to take a look?"
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"It may require us to bend the rules a bit and sneak past them."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
She gives him a little bit of a look. "What do you mean by 'bend the rules' exactly?"
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Sneak in, of course."

His tone is somewhat hushed.
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Luci, however, has a slightly harder time keeping her voice down. "What?!" Making sure no one heard her over the hustle and bustle inside, she whispers again. "What? I didn't agree to sneaking in. I'm pretty sure that's against the law! What if we get caught?"
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Ez waves his hand.

"It's fine! We're just some stupid teenagers trying to sneak in because we're bored. They'll give us a lecture and maybe call our... oh..."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
She purses her lips together, figuring he hadn't thought of that, among other things. Still, what options did they have? "I don't like this."
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"There may be another way. You distract the guards by asking them questions or whatever, I sneak in."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Luci blinks a few times. "That could work."
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Can you do the whole innocent inquisitive thing? I'm sure there's something about this building you can ask about."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I can do that. How long do I need to keep them busy?" Technically talking to someone and asking questions wasn't breaking the law or doing anything wrong, right? One could almost see the logical leaps going on in her head.
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
"If you can give me a few minutes I can probably get up the tower. Do you have a cell phone? If we exchange numbers I can text you what I find."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-14 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
"A couple of minutes? That should be doable. Where do you want me?" She rattles off her phone number to him.
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-14 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Try to get that guy distracted," Ez said, punching in her cell phone number. He send her a text to verify, and turned down his phone."

"There are some stairs over there, I'm gonna try to slip into them. Shouldn't be too hard."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-15 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Luci nodded slightly, making her way toward the guard he mentioned. She just had to talk to him for a few minutes, right? If she didn't see Ez actually go up the stairs, she wasn't doing anything inherently bad. Wasn't that how that worked?
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-15 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
After maybe 10 minutes, Luci received a text from Ez.

"I'm in. Sound is fainter. Going to look around a bit."

Another 20 minutes later, and Ez appeared suddenly behind Luci.

"Phew, that was interesting. So I found something weird, but I don't really want to discuss it here. Let's head out, is there a place we can be away from prying eyes? We can use my place if we need to."
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-15 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
As Ez walks up behind, Luci smiles up at the security guard. "Thanks again for your help. And thanks for the tip, I'll have to try that place next time I'm out here!" Waving, she walked back toward the other blond.

"Something weird? Like what? Hmm, what time is it?" Looking down at her watch, she makes a bit of a face, chewing on her inside of her lip. "Mm. I need to make a phone call first to check in. I'll be right back."

Stopping at the entrance outside, Luci pulled out her cellphone, looking at it. If she called and explained the situation--or at least as much as she was willing to divulge--she wouldn't have much leeway. Whatever Ez found in the towers, he obviously didn't want to discuss it there, and the curiosity was eating at her. She would need more time.

going to rachel's to study for test. be home late. will call when i get there.


She sat with her thumb hovering over the send button. She had gotten away with a bit of a white lie as far as training sessions went, but this ate at her a little bit; there was no truth to this statement. Still, it was important...

Send.
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-15 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ez waited patiently all the while, leaning up against a nearby wall.
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2013-10-15 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Once done, she walked back over, slipping her phone in the pocket of her blazer. "Sorry about the wait. My place is no good, unfortunately. I should have a bit of time, though."
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[personal profile] indy_wannabe 2013-10-15 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
"All right. We should be good at my place then. C'mon, let's go.