S.T.A.R.S. Corridor and S.T.A.R.S. Offices

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Brianna Phillips wrote:"I'm Brianna Phillips, I'm just a student over at the University. I was on my way to go study and came across this girl in the bathroom who tried to..she tried to eat me. It's pure chaos over at the campus there are people who are in need of help there. infact."she reached into her bra and pulled out a piece of paper with the radio signal for the campus, handing it over to cahlil,before she took the bullets" There's a guy there whose security guy named Ethan. He helped me escape but he was looking kind of bad, can you at least radio over there?"

Cahill looked between both women, remembering their names. Upon mentioning a security guard named Ethan, he smiled some. Pembroke was an off duty Sheriff Deputy who started working Campus Security after he got hurt in that fire this past June. He was a good man, and a hell of a Deputy or so Wheeler had told him. However the mention of the radio made him frown. "I'm sorry, Brianna, we haven't been able to get the radio online since..." he paused, after being handed the slip of paper, he looked at the scrawling and the blood stains. Pembroke wrote 'stars radio' then the frequency of the Campus Security's radio signal. Cahill blinked for a moment, then smiled. "Pembroke, you smart sonvabitch..." he takes the paper over to one of the other officers. "You, head to the STARS office, turn on the radio equipment on Vicker's desk," he says, tossing the officer the STARS key from his key ring. "dial this frequency and get in touch with Ethan Pembroke from Campus security. If this works, we'll be able to have access to a private radio signal that should work with the city's emergency network. We'll be able to get in touch with our officers in the field and those off duty, so hurry!" He explained. Since the STARS equipment was of military grade, and the radio tower over at the campus had a decent range, they should in theory get under this radio blackout they were suffering. Granted, it be mostly confined to the city, they wouldn't be able to reach any of the nearest towns or cities, but they'd at least have a network to work with from within the city!

Officer Matsuo who had taken charge of getting the radio equipment back online did as the Captain requested, taking the S.T.A.R.S. key and unlocking the room. Everything was going peachy as she began to work on the radios, a headset's ear muff on one ear, while the other rested behind her other one so she could still listen to the world outside the static and fuzz, the mic which extended off the headset was close to her mouth. "R.P.D. to Raccoon University Security Staff. Ethan, are you there? Pick up and receive. Over." She says into the sea of static, finely adjusting the knobs on Vicker's radio terminal. Damn it... come on... pick up our relay and we can turn the Unversity into a Relay station and extend the reach of our radios... pick up Ethan...! She mentally groaned, when the lights overhead began flickering. "Dammit, not now!" She spat, trying to keep it up even as the power threatened her with other plans. The power went out shortly after, the machine still hummed however, given its own internal battery... it just meant Kaori Matsuo, SWAT member for Charlie Team and Radio Engineer and dispatcher... would have to work in the comforting glow of a maglite. Perfect.

"Ethan.. Ethan come in... please establish your line. We cannot continue without you. Please connect. Over." She pleaded, wondering where the hell the Security Guard was... she knew the man well, he was a former Sheriff Deputy who applied for the SWAT as well, but was declined due to an injury to his back. He was still able to be a peacekeeper, but had to resort to a Campus Security rent a cop... such a sad demotion from a heroic deed, but now it seemed that 'bad luck' was turning into a chance for contact, rising hope for all those in the city and for the officers of the R.P.D.. If only he'd answer and establish the damn link!

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"Mat --- just your... freq ------ you ---- me?"

"Matsuo--- -broke. ---- Need ---djust ------ -an't --- -operly, get --- -ency..."

"Adjust your frequency R --- -ver!" He shouted, his voice hoarse.

It was a weak signal, mostly filled with static and a garbled mess, but it was definitely a voice who recognized the woman on the other end.

Kaori shot up with excitement, afraid to move the dial at first. "Pembroke? Pembroke? Is that you?! Say again, repeat!" she says between burst transmissions from the campus, it was eerie to finally hear SOMETHING other than dead air after all this time! It wasnt till she heard him clearly say a few words that didn't get eaten by the interference did she act. She adjusted the dial, slowly, and began to speak: "Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." she continued to count, going only a few notches towards the left, before gently adjusting the frequency towards the right... speaking while listening for a clearer signal...

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Kaori Matsuo wrote:There was static and unintelligible chatter from the radio... silence... then occasionally, Ethan would hear someone counting, the voice garbled as Matsuo's voice came through:

"26, 27, twent-" before becoming garbled again!

Pembroke shot forward, speaking into the standing mic. "27! Twenty-!!" he shouted back, hearing her clearly for a moment before she was going back into a faded garbled mess again!

Ethan's voice resounded, before fading away again!

Kaori paused when she heard his voice, having been keeping an eye on the frequency dial as she multi-tasked her ears and voice as well, and slowly dialed back to the frequency when she heard him speaking clearly, trying not to become overenjoyed by the revelation that they had reestablished radio frequencies! As she returned to the setting, she spoke again. "Pembroke, is that you? Can you hear me? Over." She asked... sweat rolling down her brow...

Kaori Matsuo wrote:Kaori paused when she heard his voice, having been keeping an eye on the frequency dial as she multi-tasked her ears and voice as well, and slowly dialed back to the frequency when she heard him speaking clearly, trying not to become overenjoyed by the revelation that they had reestablished radio frequencies! As she returned to the setting, she spoke again. "Pembroke, is that you? Can you hear me? Over." She asked... sweat rolling down her brow...

Random NPCs wrote:Ethan let out a short breath... sighing with relief. He leaned over the mic... and pushed the button to speak. "Glad to hear another living voice. This is Ethan, Matsuo. How are things on your end, over."

His voice was clear as crystal... his ragged breathing told of a tired, injured man left alone for many hours, separated from comrades.

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Kaori Matsuo wrote:Kaori paused when she heard his voice, having been keeping an eye on the frequency dial as she multi-tasked her ears and voice as well, and slowly dialed back to the frequency when she heard him speaking clearly, trying not to become overenjoyed by the revelation that they had reestablished radio frequencies! As she returned to the setting, she spoke again. "Pembroke, is that you? Can you hear me? Over." She asked... sweat rolling down her brow...

Random NPCs wrote:Ethan let out a short breath... sighing with relief. He leaned over the mic... and pushed the button to speak. "Glad to hear another living voice. This is Ethan, Matsuo. How are things on your end, over."

His voice was clear as crystal... his ragged breathing told of a tired, injured man left alone for many hours, separated from comrades.

Kaori closed her eyes and smiled genuinely, and without a single officer of the RPD nearby to prove it. She reopened her large blue eyes and slid the other earmuff on. "I hear you clearly Ethan. Jesus Christ..." She paused, forgetting protocol for the moment, before continuing. "The stations in a mess, our guys are blind, deaf and dumb, we need to establish that relay link so we can better organize. Think you can do it Ethan? You said you had an idea? Over." She asked.

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He smiled and was nodding, in spite of her being unable to see him. "I can do that, just give me a few minutes to set up-" he says back, shifting away from the radio and began to adjust the settings for the Campus' station... when he saw it on the monitors. He... didn't rightly know what it was... but after staring at it for a while, watching it move between monitors, realized it wasn't a hallucination. He leans over the mic. "-We'll have to hold off on that request for a bit, I got an issue to take care of. Stay on this frequency and don't move it! I'll be back soon. Over and Out." He says, writing down the station's frequency in his notepad, before switching the frequency over to the campus security line. "Report in. Report in..." he called into the radio, activating the security unit's handsets and hip mounted talkies. "Report in. Report in..." he continued, watching the creature move...

"Ethan...? Wait! Ethan, Ethan Pembroke?!" Kaori called into the microphone. "Ethan?" She continued, and adjusted the frequency. "C'mon... Ethan, talk to me buddy? You there? Ethan... ETHAN!" She screamed before slamming her hand against the wall to her right. "Fuck!" She cursed, removing the headphones and shooting up from her seat. She put her hands on her wide hips and paced side to side, nearly bumping into Officer Chamber's desk as she became absorbed in thought.

Okay... I know I'm supposed to try and reestablish radio connections here, but my partner on the other end went AWOL on me. Shit. I suppose... I suppose I could head to the Campus myself, and get what's needed to be done from his end. It should only be twenty minutes... then again, the city is going to Hell in a handbasket and we're low on supplies and the powers out here. Shit, I can't even get into the garage now, can't I? Unless the shutter outside in the parkinglot is still open, I did hear one of the guys say something about that as they were running down the hall. Okay. So, am I able to just leave? Cap's gone, so is the Lieutenant and Sarge, well, there's Lieutenant Branaugh, but I really shouldn't bother him, and fuck if I know what the Pig is up to- she thought, and was referring to Irons of course. Shit, and Sam and Alison went to the power station to try and get our power back up and running. I knew those damn generators should have been replaced! Now if we can get power running again, we should be able to fully charge the generator and not have to run in low AUX power... okay. Okay. Fuck it-

And with that, Kaori pulled out her beretta from her holster and snapped back the slide, checking the chamber before sliding the sleek custom SWAT Beretta back into the holster:



She walked over to the weapon's locker, with what little SWAT supplies they had stored inside, she knew that her 870 Express with the tactical flashlight should still be inside, along with a container full of shot shells. Upon opening the dual lockers, she saw what she was looking for and yanked out the wood furnished weapon:



She loaded a shell into the chamber before loading seven additional shells into the magazine tube under the receiver, then checked the massive tactical light in the dimly lit room- its large beam of light almost lighting up the entire room! "Perfect!" She smiled and flicked the switch off. Officer Matsuo then proceeded to leave the room, leaving only a note to "NOT TOUCH! - Kaori" on the radio instruments used by Brad Vickers- where the hell was Chickenheart Vickers anyway?! He'd be of use here!

She began to head out of the office and into the STARS Hallway...

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It was eerily quiet, and even armed with the SWAT approved shotgun, and being famed for being the 'Ice Queen' of the SWAT, Kaori felt a little unnerved by just how creepy the building looked in the dark. She never really noticed the place resembled a haunted mansion, till now! The boards creaked as her heavy boots walked along them, as she headed towards the library to save herself some time. She checked the door, noting that odd 'Spade' etched into the frame in copperplate just below the knob. Seriously, they should've changed out the locks when they converted this place in '69... The Japanese-American sighed, before entering the second floor lobby.

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