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[gone_byebye]

The police in Poughkeepsie, New York, are a pretty competent bunch of people. Not as easily set off as big-city cops, sure, but they do a good job by their charges. And sometimes, they're more observant than anyone might suspect. The word's out about Pennsylvania, after all. Anything that involves the National Guard and what amounts to the Pied Piper in reverse is something that they don't want in their town.

So when one of them spots a Peterbilt truck with out-of-state plates wheeling into town, and later that afternoon spots a small flotilla of strangers checking into the Days Inn, well... he's gonna ask at the front desk, and then he's gonna call bullshit on all of these guys from Illinois supposedly having come all this way to visit the Culinary.

And when he looks down at the sound of a squeak and a crunch and realizes the parking lot is just beginning to crawl with mice? He's gonna call a few people in Pennsylvania, and then he's gonna call his chief, and then, by mutual agreement, they are going to call the Ghostbusters.

Where that truck is he doesn't know, but he wants it gone.

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Re: Orientation

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

"I think I'm good," Indy says in a lazy drawl.

Sensitive to the existence of his celebrity look-a-like in this dimension, he's made an effort to conceal his identity on this mission. A Cubs baseball cap takes the place of his usual adventuring headgear, and large 80s-style aviator shades cover his eyes.

It was very much a token effort. The trademark leather jacket, beige shirt and khaki pants are still very much in evidence, and his weapons of choice are fastened about his person—though they're stored a little more discreetly than usual.

Re: Orientation

[slayer_fray]

Mel, on the other hand, might just be wearing the exact same outfit she had when fighting the Sabretooth cats.

She's not used to celebrity status.

She doesn't say anything though, and just shrugs to pass on questions.

Re: Orientation

[gone_byebye]

Ray nods. "Chief Szabo says he has reason to believe that our thief brought some co-conspirators with him. They're currently checked into the majority of rooms in the Poughkeepsie Days Inn. Most of them arrived this morning. When he ran a search on their license plates, he discovered something interesting. Most of the vehicles are registered to residents of the state of Illinois- extremely antisocial residents of the state of Illinois."

"Indy, I almost hate to say it, but it looks like the majority of the Illinois Nazi Party's come to town with Walter Peck."

Re: Orientation

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

"Just my luck," Indy groans. "I come to Earth seventy years after the fall of the Reich and still have the same nemesis working against me."

Re: Orientation

[gone_byebye]

"If it helps at all, it's a really bad time of year for snakes," Ray offers.

Re: Orientation

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

Indy shows the Ghostbuster a wry smile.

"It doesn't," he chuckles. "But thanks."

"At least I'm familiar with what we're up against, unless all Nazis have become peace loving, power averse and mentally stable since my day."

Re: Orientation

[gone_byebye]

"A significant percentage of the license plate holders are wanted on illegal firearms trafficking charges, three of the Party's leaders have criminal records as long as your arm, and the majority of them've left an Internet trail a mile wide of rantings about everything from US immigration policy to white power to Inu-Yasha convention exclusive toys being the tools of the Zionist conspiracy. So, no, not particularly stable people here. I'm not so sure how well armed they are at the moment, if only because the police haven't exercised their warrant for the cars yet."

Re: Orientation

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

"I'm guessin' you'd rather we didn't shoot to kill, as far as it's reasonable not to," Indy advances. He glances at Mel, knowing she has the combat skills and the zapper to take people out without permanent damage. He kinda lacks the luxury of those assets.

"I'll... er... do my best."

Re: Orientation

[gone_byebye]

"We appreciate the effort," Ray says. "Do what you can. Given that the President authorized this operation, there's probably going to be a measure of leeway if things get messy."