Mercury Blues(Ami thread)

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, taking in her surroundings at the moment only as they pertain to the problem at hand. Noting their general direction, Ami turns to Artemis. "Well....let's start with the ice sculptures." she says, nodding once, then making a beeline for the exhibit.

"It's as good a place to start as any, and since it's relatively new, something could have been moved or snuck inside during the setup."

[Anastasia]

* Shai`Hulud --> "Ami-chan rolls 2d6 and gets 12."

Walking along, "That's a good idea, Ami," Artemis nods to you. "If anyone snuck anything in , that would be it." HE turns and smiles at you brightly...an as he does, something on the third floor catches your eye, and you turn up to look. But as you do so, you miss a slight catch int he floor, which causes you to trip and fall face first down! (2 damage and a large dollop of embarrassment.)

Artemis hustles to you, kneeling down. "Are you alright, Ami-chan," he asks quickly, extending a hand to help you up with.

[Bean Bandit]

"Ow..." Ami whimpers, rubbing her abused nose and glancing around in mortification, her face heating up. "This isn't a promising start..." she groans, taking Artemis' hand gingerly. She ducks her head into her scarf to hide the bottom half of her crimson face as the Mau helps her up.

[Anastasia]

"Come on," he says, helping you up and leading you to a nearby bench. Sure, you get a few amused looks as you do so, but there isn't a chorus of laughter or cameras, you guess.

As you head over, "Are you okay? I don't see any blood, at least...."

At least I know how to handle this sort of thing. Thanks, Luna.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blinks, the initial embarrassment fading as they move to the bench, though still feeling a bit chagrined at her own clumsyness. She looks up, blushing a little as Artemis inspects her.

I don't know why, but this is unexpected...I always assumed he just brushed off minor injuries, like most boys. Hmm, he really is a good father figure. Or older brother.

"I'm fine." She smiles. "Nothing hurt, except my pride." She assures him.

[Anastasia]

Giving you a quick once over, he smiles. "Good, Ami-chan. I was worried that you'd inherinted something from Usagi." Brushing off his own pants as he does so, "Anyway, why don't we sit down a moment until you have your bearings back?" With a nice, friendly smile, he offers you a hand for whenever you are ready.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami shakes her head a little, taking Artemis' hand. "I'm okay, really." she assures him, smiling.

[Anastasia]

As you rise, you note it's cold in here. Really rather cold, as if the heat was turned off.

"Alright, then," Artemis nods. "I guess we can get started in a moment..." he says, cut off near the end by a subtle, insistant beeing from Ami's pocket. Her compuer, namely. "That was quick," Artemis notes, glancing down.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blinks, retrieving the mini-computer from her pocket, and flipping it open to examine it. "Well, we are closer now, and it already had data to begin with." she muses, examining the screen, and holding it on a slight angle, so Artemis can see as well. "Is...it a little cool in here?" she asks, looking up suddenly.

[Anastasia]

"It is," Artemis notes, glancing around. In fact, it feels outright cold-outside-cold now.

The computer screen shows that there is a low grade anomaly all over the place, with the main disturbance somewhere above...glancing above by habit, you note that either ice or a really bad new paint job is starting to appear on the undersides of the floors, in the completely shadowed areas.

"I think that means it's getting close," the Mau asks, peering at you computer monitor and not seeing above.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami wordlessly touches Artemis' shoulder, and points upward, to the mottled areas on the floor above. She quickly adjusts her computer's scan, narrowing the focus, to try and gather more specific information while they track it.

"Let's go up a level, and have a look." Ami suggests softly.

[Anastasia]

As he looks up, ARtemis's gaze narrows. "Yeah, Ami," he says, already starting to walk. An escalator is nearby, the logical choice to use.  As you refine your search, "Something is going really wrong here...I hate to say it, but I think I was right."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami heads for the escalator, with a measured, calm strides, hiding her inwardly mounting nervousness. "In my experience, you rarely hate to say you were right." she giggles, with a teasing glance over her shoulder, doing her best to appear calm. "Though, it does appear you were onto something."

[Anastasia]

Smiling back despite himself, "I know, Ami-chan. Trust me, I know." Getting on the rising stairway, you note that ice is just starting to appear on the sides of it as you get to the top. It's getting colder, too. Notably so. People around are starting to shiver and note it.

And we beat the bell with it this time, so at least it'll be easy to deal with. Right?

[Bean Bandit]

Ami frowns, and quickly checks her computer again, attempting to home in on the anomaly. "Time appears to be of the essence, if we want to head this off before it becomes an issue..." she murmurs, movign in the general direction indicated by her computer, staring intently at it, and hoping for something more specific...