Encroaching Corruption

[Zilla]

Kaitlyn keeps poring over the news. What the HELL is going on out there? she asks herself. What the hell are we doing in here, at this stupid software company, with all these disasters everywhere??

Kaitlyn closes her browser and is just about to stand up when she double-takes at the big black bug on the top of her monitor. It isn't anything she recognizes, and it gives her the willies... She watches it back, carefully, as her hand slowly reaches for a sheet of paper. She doesn't want to take chances touching the bug, but she does want it out of her way.

[Blaze]

Paul decides to try to gather some info once again, hopefully having more luck than he did with the girl in the line. He walks over to the nearest person. "Hey, out of curiosity, what made you decide to visit the museum today?" he asks.

This person, a businessman, just shrugs at Paul.

"No idea. Felt like I needed to get some art im my life."

He nods at the old fella as he moves away, and replies "...right... I'll try not to..." He then glances at the store front again, and shakes his head "...this is just... something is going on." He checks his watch, "...but I don't want to be late for work." He takes a deep breath, as his mind races about rather he should investigate or not...

...he secures his things and starts up again, but that song is stuck in his head now. Or is it? It does seem to be everywhere.

Indeed it does! As he gets to the office where he works, he has heard it from every place with a radio, Though in his rush, he may have missed the fact that several of them had their employees staring at the radio's plug with confused looks on their faces.

Dan... backs up, holding his hands up. "Whoa lady..." This was going from weird to weirder... "Are you playing some kind of joke on me?"

"No joke Dan. This... is... ReALIty..."

The woman gets closer to Dan. So close shee seems to be melting into him...

Kaitlyn keeps poring over the news. What the HELL is going on out there? she asks herself. What the hell are we doing in here, at this stupid software company, with all these disasters everywhere??

Kaitlyn closes her browser and is just about to stand up when she double-takes at the big black bug on the top of her monitor. It isn't anything she recognizes, and it gives her the willies... She watches it back, carefully, as her hand slowly reaches for a sheet of paper. She doesn't want to take chances touching the bug, but she does want it out of her way.

The bug gontinues to stare at Kaitlyn. Although it's very hard to tell, but it 's gaze seems to be one of disdain. Like Kaitlyn was the small insignificant insect here.

She can hear some other people muttering, apparently having similar bugs around their workspace.

[Vomica]

Yep! He missed it alright! He had more important things to do then to show concern about others, or something. In reality he might be a bit egocentric... walking through the double doors... he glances up at the ceiling when he gets into the lobby. Hearing that music... he says to the receptionists, "...it's play here too? ...that thing is everywhere..."

[Knight Errant]

Dan tries, as politely as he can considering the situation, to push the strange woman off of him. "Okay... well give me some space. We just met..."

[Zilla]

Kaitlyn grabs the tissue and picks up the bug, shivering the whole time. As she gets up to open a window to set it free... she notices her colleagues also noticing the bugs. There must have been some kind of infestation of the things.... Kaitlyn shudders.

She cracks the window and shakes the tissue to set the bug free outside. She doesn't know what she'll do about the rest of them, especially if there's so many of them... she can't keep getting up and letting them go outside... and even looking at them gave her chills.

[Shadowmaster]

Paul shrugs and turns away from the man. Maybe he was reading too much into all of this. It could just be that people wanted to look at art. There didn't need to be something weird associated with it. He decided to walk around and look at the art. He had paid to get in, he may as well get his money's worth.

[Blaze]

Yep! He missed it alright! He had more important things to do then to show concern about others, or something. In reality he might be a bit egocentric... walking through the double doors... he glances up at the ceiling when he gets into the lobby. Hearing that music... he says to the receptionists, "...it's play here too? ...that thing is everywhere..."

As soon as he said that, the music cuts out, and a very confused radio DJ apolgizes for the error.

Dan tries, as politely as he can considering the situation, to push the strange woman off of him. "Okay... well give me some space. We just met..."

As he pushes, his fingers seem to slide through ice-cold goo...

Kaitlyn grabs the tissue and picks up the bug, shivering the whole time. As she gets up to open a window to set it free... she notices her colleagues also noticing the bugs. There must have been some kind of infestation of the things.... Kaitlyn shudders.

She cracks the window and shakes the tissue to set the bug free outside. She doesn't know what she'll do about the rest of them, especially if there's so many of them... she can't keep getting up and letting them go outside... and even looking at them gave her chills.

As she tries to dump it out the window, it explodes into motion, scuttling out of the tissue and up her arm!

Paul shrugs and turns away from the man. Maybe he was reading too much into all of this. It could just be that people wanted to look at art. There didn't need to be something weird associated with it. He decided to walk around and look at the art. He had paid to get in, he may as well get his money's worth.

The art is very aesthetically pleasing! The hall fills with murmers of people talking about the art when the place suddenly feels... oppressive.

[Zilla]

"Gyah!" Kaitlyn yelps. She brushes her arm feverishly, trying to shoo the bug out the window.

[Shadowmaster]

Paul continues to look at the art for a moment, hoping to push back the sudden feeling of oppressiveness, but finally decides it's too much for him. I'm outta here... he thinks to himself as he heads to the exit.

[Knight Errant]

Dac's eyes go wide. "Ack! What the heck is going on?!" He looks at his hands to confirm this odd feeling.

[Vomica]

He shakes his head a few times in confusion, "...right... right... that didn't make any sense..." The man gets into the elevator, and presses the button for his floor. Checking his watch, he mutters "...and I might be late for... the very first time."

Stupid music. It makes him look bad!

[Blaze]

"Gyah!" Kaitlyn yelps. She brushes her arm feverishly, trying to shoo the bug out the window.

The damn thing refuses to sit still and keeps climing, getting up to Kaitlyn's neck and climing up into her hair!

Paul continues to look at the art for a moment, hoping to push back the sudden feeling of oppressiveness, but finally decides it's too much for him. I'm outta here... he thinks to himself as he heads to the exit.

As he does, it seems everyone in the building gets the same idea and rush for the exit, likely shoving Paul to the ground in the trample!

Dac's eyes go wide. "Ack! What the heck is going on?!" He looks at his hands to confirm this odd feeling.

The woman... is melting! And not in that way, literally becoming some kind of liquid and enveloping Dan!

He shakes his head a few times in confusion, "...right... right... that didn't make any sense..." The man gets into the elevator, and presses the button for his floor. Checking his watch, he mutters "...and I might be late for... the very first time."

Stupid music. It makes him look bad!

The elevator starts moving up and soothing elevator smooth jazz starts playing. Only to be replaced by:

Run run run... here comes the boogieman...

[Knight Errant]

Dan... kind of freaks out! The thought this had to be some kind of weird dream crosses his mind, but mainly he settles for flailing at the goo woman while struggling to get away and back out the door!

[Zilla]

Katie freezes and just stands still. Maybe if she stops freaking out, it'll leave. She doesn't want to trigger its defense instincts, so she stands perfectly calm and still, and thinks about something, anything else...

[Shadowmaster]

"Hey! What the..." Paul says as he's pushed to the ground by everyone else. As soon as he hits the ground, he tries to get up before he gets seriously injured.