"Coleman, who's this Joe person Staines is talking about? He must be losing it under all this stress."

"For whatever reason, I can't seem to get anything done. I tried to turn the light on hours ago and nothing's happened yet."

OOC: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/mafiuh_mafia_signups/post1

OOC: No problem...here:

1. SirPrimalForm - Taxidermist, Tanner
2. Ubivis - Wedding Planner, Frank
3. Profanity - Ex-Cop, Little Nickel
4. Barnell - Shoe Salesman, Al Bundy
5. Rodzaju - Naval Officer, Seaman Staines
6. JoeSapphire - Enginedriver Coleman

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Seeing everyone else has gotten into the swing of searching anywhere and everywhere they can, and seemingly without too much in the way of danger, you decide to brave the darkness of Nickel's room.......flicking the switch just inside the doorway tentatively while hoping for some good luck for a change.

"I'd probably have better luck if Coleman would lend me that penny he found." you mumble to yourself only moments before the light comes on, as your eyes are filled with a satisfying splash of bright glowing warmth from the room beyond. "Well at least the lights in here work." you say to yourself as the lights come on, albeit quietly to avoid evoking the possible wrath of any creatures that may lie in wait within Nickel's room.

Inside you find a very clean and tidy bunk room, obviously the work of a military man no doubt. The bed is made very neatly, and on the nightstand near the bed you spot a single picture of what looks like Nickel and an older man(possibly his father?) dressed in Police uniform at what looks to be some sort of graduation ceremony.

Looking under the bed you think you see something scurrying out of sight, but it turns out to just be a spider. Besides the arachnid interloper you find nothing....not even a dustbunny.

"Well that sucks." you mutter as you search the bedding and mattresses for anything of use, pausing for a moment before doing so as you contemplate if you'll even find anything of use....considering the clean state of the room and all. You search everything you can as thoroughly as you can, tossing the bedding aside and looking between the mattress and boxspring, but find nothing of use. You are about to give up when you note that the pillowcase looks a bit lumpy. "Hmm, what have we here?" you wonder, as you grab the pillow and remove the casing that covers it. As you do so, a small packet of pills drops onto the bed nearby. Picking them up you note that they seem to be sleeping pills......about a dozen or so of them to be exact, and very strong ones too.

"Well they may be of some use later on, I guess." you say to no one in particular as you slip them into your pocket. "But I wonder.....why Nickel was having trouble sleeping?"

OOC: The sleeping pills are a puzzle item, perse. They aren't really needed as the characters don't need to be sleeping atm with everything going on around them as it is. I wonder if you'll find a good use for them as the story unfolds? :\

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You wander towards the guard station, hoping to find something to make sense of the current situation within, but upon reaching it you note that the strong iron door is very securely locked, and just from looking at it you realize that picking it or smashing it open won't be the answer to this one.

"Damn, and i'm thinking there's gotta be some good clues in there too." you grumble before checking the grating through which the light is shining from the guard station. The iron bars seem very strong & sturdy as well, perhaps even moreso than the door nearby. You try looking inside but a metal shutter has been pulled down behind the grating.....some light from the guard station filters through between the metal slats of the shutter but it is hard to see through the gaps to the room beyond.

OOC: This room is very well and truly locked, sadly. Yer gonna need a key or miracle for this room.

You rub your newfound penny for luck as you ponder what to check out next.

OOC: To everyone playing: The two cells searched so far(Nickel's/Staines's) are pretty much cleaned out in terms of clues and items, having been searched already. All other areas are up for grabs though.

Search <all other cells>.

OOC: Pick one at a time......:P Are you trying to make my hands tired from typing/modding maps all night long? XD

Also as a game rule one can only search ONE area of a room or single room at a time.

OOC: It was worth a try...

I go next door and search Coleman's room, still upset about not finding that lucky penny.

OOC: =p

IOC:

Poor crazy...
Going on at me about his ex girlfriend.
It's really sad in someways. Ah well.
He says he's got a key to the bathroom. Why does that make my brain itch?

I'm forgetting something important...
Something I've got to do.

I look down at the whistle chain in my hands, the whistle chain that accompanied me around the world for so many years. It brought me joy that chain - kept it all shiny, and then tug it hard and all the faces on the station would light up.
Ahh...
Those were times when the rain came down and the wind blew your face down your shirt collar. There'd be snow all in the air fit to choke you and slush all on the ground for you to slip and break your damn leg. Fucking beautiful sunlight.
The chain that makes me remember these things is all nasty covered in oozy monster shit.
Bathroom. Clean it up.
Charity. The responsibilty of the lucky penny. Help out the poor crazy.

"COME ON THEN MR STAINES." I think he can hear me.
"LET'S GET YOU SORTED."
With Staines' apparent compliance I accompany him to the bathroom supply lockers

OOC: And I will reward your initiative in due time. Also next time ask to try light switch in bold along with the cell you're searching if the light is still off in the cell you select from the map. ;)

Taking initiative in hand you ask Coleman if you can search his room for anything useful/any possible dangers. He seems preoccupied with his lucky penny but manages a quick nod in the affirmative.

Going into his cell, you reach for the switch and try it patiently....flicking it a few times before realizing the bulb must be burnt out. "Well, we couldn't expect EVERY light in this room to work, now could we?" you muse as you survey the room as best you can via the light shining in from the nearby commons area lighting, keeping your weapon at the ready in case of danger.

Coleman, being a tidy fellow, has folded his bedding neatly and piled it on top of the nearby chair. Searching through it carefully you find nothing, and to not get on Coleman's bad side you fold it back up and lay it on the chair where you found it before checking out the bed itself.

Moving the mattress upward, you find nothing of note, and a check of the space under the bed itself turns up not much in the way of useful minutia either. As you are about to leave to search the other rooms, you spot something in the far corner of the space beneath the bed. Fumbling for it cautiously, you grab ahold of it and squint in the dim light to see what it is. It, as it turns out, is a piece of BlowMaster brand bubble gum.....Coleman's favorite.

"What have we here?" you think to yourself as you pocket the find, wondering whether to give it back to Coleman or not.

As you are about to leave the cell, you hear something.....low at first and then a bit louder. Skittering sounds, very familiar, coming from the space beneath the bed.

Picking up the mattress and boxspring you prepare to smack the ever living daylights out of whatever lay beneath. Nothing is to be found however, except for a small hole in the far corner under the area once occupied by the mattresses.

Grabbing the nearby bedding you spring to action, plugging the hole as best you can. "I don't care if Coleman bloody well hates me for this.....i'm not about to become those THINGS's dinner tonight." you mumble to yourself as you seal the gap. Luckily, this hole appears a bit smaller than the others......maybe it isn't as populated as the ones that you encountered before? Regardless, you also prop up the mattress and boxspring against the hole as well, before heading out of the room and back into the Bunkroom commons area.

Addition: You look back into the room for a moment and notice a small box on top of Coleman's nightstand. I wonder what's inside it?

Going with Staines into the bathroom, you both hold your weapons at the ready as you look around for any signs of "life"........seeing none you motion for Staines to guard your back as you clean off your whistle chain in the nearby sinks.

"Dammit Coleman, do you really have to clean that thing all the damn time?" Staines asks nervously as he looks around at odd intervals.

"Yes, is very important to me........it will only take a few moments." you say in reply as he watches for anything out of the ordinary. Grabbing some liquid soap from the nearby dispensers you go over to the sink and wash it clean once more, grabbing some paper towels from the towel dispensers with which to dry it off. "Neat and tidy" you say to yourself as you admire it's shininess in the mirror.

Now that that's taken care of, you look towards the toilets supply closet door as does Staines. With your weapons at the ready, you approach the door carefully.

Do you open the door?

I go back to my room, turn off the light and try and take the bulb.

OOC: If you enter the room be aware you cannot unlock the locker within the toilets supply closet as you don't have the key and Rodzaju would have to perform the unlocking action(or give you the key via PM on the forum, or IC post here.). You can enter the closet itself though & either do a basic examine of the room or choose to search it for items/clues.

You go back into your room and check the light above your cell, noting that a light metal grating covers it(which appears to be secured with small screws).

Do you attempt to unscrew the covering to get at the bulb? And if so with what?

I attempt to unscrew the cover using my scalpel as a screwdriver.

Scalpel in hand, you curse and grumble at the lousy fate you now find yourself in as you attempt to remove the cover over the light fixture. With a few minutes of hard work and a bit of luck(even without a lucky penny) you manage to remove the screws and take the cover off completely.

Before removing the bulb, though, you ponder if you should search your own room first for anything of use/out of place.

OOC: If you want to search your room it would be best to do so now before you remove the room's only light source. Just a suggestion. Of course you're free to do as you wish, but be aware if you search your cell later(or someone else does) then it'll be harder with no light source.