Raymond Stantz

Kitt stepped through first - after all, he'd been to this New York before. It was as he remembered it. He was quiet though, stepping aside for the other three to join him. "Should I assume we're leaving immediately? If so, Karr and I will only need a few moments of privacy to transform."

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Tony hadn’t been in New York all that often. Not as much as Chicago. Los Angeles. San Francisco. He was a decidedly Midwest-West Coast kind of guy. There’s nothing especially strange about the New York he’s standing in now. He doesn’t hold any pretenses that it won’t surprise him.

Subtly, his mood shifts from determined to slightly on edge.

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"I don't even bother with the privacy, generally, but in this case...it might be a good idea. We don't need to deal with any more random passbys than we absolutely need to."

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"That's my thought," Bonnie agreed. Now that all of them were through, she let her arm drop from around Karr - so sue her. She was protective.

She glanced to the mouth of the alley. "Hm... We could risk it here."

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Ray coughed lightly, jerking his thumb over his shoulder. "If Ecto's out at the moment, there'll be room in there for real privacy," he said. "Door closed and everything. Up to you, of course."

[OOC: It's 1:15 where I am, and I have work in the morning. Can we slowtime, perchance?]

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((It's fine with me.))

Kitt smiled. "I was going to mention the interior as well, but it is Ray's place more than mine."

He was beginning to feel more assured. All the better.

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Tony nodded. “And after that?”

[ ooc: one thing, tony needs to return for his shift tomorrow. will he be back in time? ]

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[OOC: Time runs in fits and starts in Ray's world compared to Milliways. At various intervals he's spent up to a week in his own world and found less than a day and a half went by in the Bar- so I'd say that this time, one of those fits did something similar, and Tony gets back in time.]

"I believe there was something about frequency checks?" Ray said, leading the merry gang around the corner to the human-sized door set into the big main one. He paused for a moment to touch one hand to the memorial plaque beside the door, then opened it and held it for the others. "Oh, looks like Winston's got her out for gas..."

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"Frequency checks would be a good idea. Both of our frequencies are quite recognizable." He glances over to Tony. "If we split up, I don't mind giving you a ride." KARR smirked for a moment. "Just don't try to touch anything..."

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"As long as we can keep in contact," Bonnie said, "we should be able to triangulate any position we need. That makes Tony and me with you, Karr, and Ray's already been driving with Kitt so it shouldn't be a problem, right guys?"

She stepped in, following Ray, and glanced around appreciatively. "Yeah. This'll definitely do. But I think we should start to the west - since they were last spotted in Pennsylvania, unless you've got any newer appearances, Ray."

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"Nothing on the major newswires as of the last time I came to Milliways," Ray said. "Haven't had time to check the smaller sources or urban-legend Web sites. Okay, then- we'll head for New Jersey to start with."

He started wriggling out of the proton pack and jumpsuit. Yeah, people here were used to seeing him in them, but the last thing he wanted was unnecessary recognition right now.

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Kitt nodded and, stepping away from the gathering - making sure to leave Karr room, of course - he transformed and began scanning. It was a careful process, even with him on surveillance mode. He didn't want to tip off his location until he was sure that he could be somewhere where property damage wouldn't be a factor.

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“Urban legends?” Tony asks. “Shit, you think we’ll be able to escape the media and all those other outlets if we face this thing?”

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"I'm sure we'd be able to outrun them, if they decided to come chasing us." He joined Kitt in stepping away from the group and taking car form. Judging by his scanner, he was glad to return to it. It slowed as he went into surveillance mode as well, mirroring Kitt's.

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Bonnie glanced over at the both of them and nodded, going to open Karr's door. She placed her tire iron beside the driver's seat. "All right, let's see if we even need to split up at all. Between the two of you, we should have one heck of a coverage area."

She glanced at Karr's screens, the glance becoming an intent look.

Maybe she would be suited for this job after all.

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Ray headed over towards Kitt. "We should be careful when we head for New Jersey," he noted. "There's cameras and EZ Pass transponders on every possible exit from this island. Fortunately you don't have to pay to get into Jersey, but still..."

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"Kitt and Karr can probably take care of that," said Bonnie. "After all, if they can get the signal of the cameras and transponders, spoofing a readout is simple."

She shrugged, then climbed in, sitting easily in Karr's driver's seat. "All right, what's our readout?"

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Tony climbed into KARR’s passenger seat, remaining silent.

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"Not to mention the fact that we can block our windows if we need to idea what the three of you look like." He paused for a moment as he continued scanning. "I'm picking up on a signal..."

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"I've found found the sensor echoes of our telemetry as well. We should begin to the west and separate apart to get a clear triangulation." Or so Kitt said as he swung his door open for Ray. Already, his windows were tinting. He remembered Ray's preference, after all.

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Ray slid into Kitt's driver's seat. "Thanks," he said. "What are you picking up on? Any idea how far it is?"

The signal reaching Karr was- at best- intermittent, patchy. It had the hallmarks of a passive mode background scan. At least, it did at first.

And then it picked up on Karr. And it changed, very simply and clearly:

!!!

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KARR snorted, his scanner flaring. He backed up slightly in a reflex, but stopped just as suddenly. "..I think we've surprised them."

He paused for a moment, then sent, Hello?

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Exclamation points are decidedly not good. Tony frowns, looking over to Bonnie, perplexed. Talking might not be a good idea right now.

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KARR-the KARR native to Ray's universe-was attempting to keep his nerves in check. It was rather difficult at the moment, given the fact that he'd not only picked up on telemetry echoes, but also got a message back. "Michelle! I have a response."

It didn't take long for him to send back, Your telemetry echoes mine. Explain.

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