Crack in the Wall: The Black Market

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Who: Anyone either involved in the Black Market Quest or for those wanting to shelter in the Black Market . You can shelter there without being involved in the questing.
What: The Black Market as an Emergency Shelter/trying to get things turned back on.
Where: The Black Market and the tunnels below.
When: June 13-onward.
Notes: For the first three days feel free to make normal just being locked in a shelter things. The actual questing stuff will happen in closed threads. Hope you didn't think the Black Market would be the party dome.
Warnings: Max, ghosts, child ghosts, creepy shit, bad androids named Annie, riddles.

The alarms have sounded and people have begun to move. Everyone knows about getting to the closest shelter. For the most part, this is an orderly move, but there is some panicking. The council and various npcs are out shouting for people to get a move on. Water is coming in rapidly. When the alarm first sounds it’s up to people’s ankles, and then when the final alarm rings and the doors start to close, it’s up to the average person’s knees. Once the outer door is sealed, there’s feedback and communication is off.

Max is in his office when the alarm goes off, naturally, and he goes down to let people in. Of course there’s people he sure as fuck doesn’t want in, and those people he definitely eyes as they come in. For it being the black market, the place is definitely cleaned up and resembles more of a gym than anything else. There’s no sign of the normal debauchery, no drugs or liquor or anything else. As a matter of fact if Max sees anyone smoking anything, he makes them put it out ASAP.

Comments

[nobasisinfact]

During their arguing, Richard steps to the side, quietly observing. He isn't a fighter by any means, so he's not going through a rather large and ominous door first. Honestly, though, their squabbling was getting annoying.

"The only offers of compensation you'll get are these. Not being in a reoccurring loop of dying and being brought back, and that I'll put a good word in for you with Max, should you make yourself useful."

[10milliondollars]

"Look, it's not the dying part that was horrible, it was the fact that we were incapacitated and couldn't defend ourselves. Once I could, I fought back and managed to get free."

Rhys smirks on hearing Richard's offer, crossing his arms over his chest. "I'll throw in a keg of Rakk-Ale just to sweeten the deal~ Thought I doubt you can get a better offer than what's been put forth."

[nobasisinfact]

Richard pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, pushing open the door for Dodger. Rhys had missed his point in his 'compensation'. The point had been to explain that the reward was the fact that they all didn't die, not to give actual rewards; but what Rhys had done was a very Alex thing to add on.

"One of you just go through." The sound of annoyance was brushed in his tone.

[smokedout]

"You say that like I give a shit what you've been through." He turns his attention back to Strand and scoffs. "Tinder can think what he wants, I'm not planning to suck up to him."

Strand has a point though, they can't just sit here bickering until the city floods. He rolls his eyes, and if either of them is in the way when he goes through the door they're getting shoved aside.

"You're both pussies, I hope you realize that."

[10milliondollars]

Rhys is pointedly not near the doorway when it's opened. He knows better than to let himself get shoved into strange openings. Especially when there's water damage to be avoided.

"Stop complaining and just do your job. And I'll have you know, I'm not a pussy! I just won't be very useful if my arm gets damaged." He really hates that he doesn't have a pistol or an SMG on him right now. Putting a bullet or five through Dodger would be extremely satisfying.

"What do you see in there?"

[nobasisinfact]

Richard ignores the comment about him being a pussy. He's a scholar and, apparently according to Max, a babysitter of idiots, not a fighter. These two were supposed to be the firepower on this excursion, and he'd be using them to the fullest.