Memo 005: Pods

[prpl_assistant]

(After her conversations with Miss Ethelbert and the Captain, as well as her observations around town and the neighborhood, Miss Pauling quickly hurries back home and heads straight for the phone.)

Phone (filtered to the TF2 crew only)
Miss Pauling speaking here. This is urgent, are any of you around?

Action: around town with the BLU Medic
(It's not very often that you'll find the two of them together. But for today, it seems that Miss Pauling and the BLU Medic seem to be searching for something, or maybe even someone. With the Medic's track record though, it's probably one of the semi-droned people around Mayfield. Approach them at your own risk, especially if you've been podded.)

Action: Later, around town.
(She's heard that the RED Engineer isn't acting himself. That's good enough reason for her to start looking at those mysterious pods that have popped up all over town. She's about to rip one apart at this very moment. Did she rescue someone? Was it you? Or maybe you're just watching her, and you want to help her out?)

Comments

[ooeeooahah]

The pods are prisons, to hold the original while the doppelganger roams free. There's been tales and movies about these in my world.

[ She motions with her knife, demonstrating knife position. ]

You have to free them from the outside, slicing the pod open, like prepping edamame for salad... just be careful to not nick the person inside.

[ Hey, when Ilsa's stressed, she reverts to cooking, probably forgetting she hasn't taught Miss Pauling that technique yet. ]

I'm just hoping that we can find them all soon. One version I've run across in my world, the pods are digesting the original to feed or create the next generation of doppelgangers.

[ Ilsa looks worried, and at the same time determined. ]

[prpl_assistant]

I see. Then I'd better get started on them.

(Now she's really worried about the RED Engineer. She really hopes that the other team members would be able to find him.)

Would it be faster if we split up and searched? I can go down one end of the street, and you can go down the other.

[ooeeooahah]

Good idea. Stay within shouting distance - the doppelgangers tend to attack if you get near a pod.

[ She's already headed for the next back yard, this time checking for movement in the garage. ]

[prpl_assistant]

Got it. All the best to you, Dr Ilsa.

(She heads off to search the lawn, looking around for any pods. When she doesn't find any, she heads off to search the next one.)