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WHO: James, Li-Na, Derek, Zee, and anyone else!
WHERE: Zee's office, then Derek's apartment
WHEN: late on 2/5 through 2/12
WHAT: just a bit of light kidnapping!
WARNINGS: none yet

[ Come February 6th, Zee's office is empty and locked. Which is pretty odd, considering he said he'd be available from now on.

Anyone interested in investigating further, though, may find a few clues near his office to look into. Like security footage on the street, or a discarded cup of coffee that didn't quite make it to a trash can.

Are you up for the challenge of finding out where Zee Carlisle has gone to?

Please make new toplevels on this log and mark the date when they're supposed to take place, please! ]

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[Li-Na is more or less used to how James reacts to things, so somehow she's not surprised when he suggests they should just force Zee to go along with... wait...]

Wait. Are you saying we should kidnap Zee?

[Because it sounds like James just said they should kidnap Zee.]

[Derek smirks.]

It's not like kidnapping him would be hard.

It's not kidnapping, it's rescuing.

[ He raises an eyebrow at Derek's cockiness. ]

Yeah? What makes you so sure?

[Li-Na is not sure Zee will see it that way...]

I don't think it'll be easy just because he got murdered once, Derek. If anything that'll put him more on guard.

[Derek points his himself.]

Hello, wizard. Magic! Like to see him fend off my full-body bind curse.

I don't want to treat him like a prisoner if we don't have to.

But he probably isn't going to want to come easy. And he can teleport before any of us can do anything. So we need to get the upper hand on him somehow without him knowing it.

...In case he doesn't want to come, that is.

[ James doesn't want to take him by force, but he will if he has to. In fact, deep down he knows he almost certainly will have to, but maybe if he lies to himself and pretends like that isn't what's definitely going to happen, he'll feel a little better about it! ]

[Li-Na shoots Derek an irritated look. Really, Derek.]

I agree with James. The moment you pull your wand out, Zee will know something it up and he'll just teleport out.

[then she glances at James]

So it'll have to be something subtle. If we can't convince him to go somewhere safe, something subtle that he won't even notice....

[omg she's actually seriously considering this]

Well then Li-Na should bake him something and lace it with sleeping pills. It's too bad I don't know how to make a sleeping potion or something... Well... I do know one spell, but it is super unethical. So I'd rather not...

Yeah, let's keep away from being total monsters.

[ Like he has a moral high ground to stand on here. ]

But you're onto something. If Zee's knocked out, he can't squirm away from us. And he wouldn't take anything from me, probably, but Li-Na...

If we can get her to make something with sleeping pills slipped into it, we'll have him for sure.

What can you make, Li-Na?

[The moral high ground is crumbling with every passing second.]

Well... he likes vanilla. I could... put something in a drink? His body would absorb it faster than if I put it in a baked good.

[Li-Na, what did you expect when you were meeting with these two?]

So all we need is sleeping pills?

[Simplistic... but perhaps...]

I could move his body once he's out. I got a spell that would make that relatively easy.

Anything works, as long as it knocks him out fast and can get dissolved into a drink.

The spell might help too. I was thinking I'd just haul him out myself but hey, if we can the magic to do it, then why not.

[Look, she expects something like this from James, but she thought you had more scruples than that Derek.]

How easy is it to taste sleeping pills though? And do either of you know how much Zee weighs? We don't want to give him too much...

[The mental image of James just... walking along with Zee slung over his shoulder makes her sigh.]

Derek, do you have any... I don't know, invisibility spells? The entrance to where Zee is... it's in the library. Even if we take him out the back, someone might see us.

I've... never actually met the guy. I've only talked to him through the app... so no idea how much he weighs.

[And snoop through his office with Tatsuo.]

Ah... does Zee's office have camera's? Do we need to find a way to disable them or at least block them?

[Like, we don't want to get caught right? Besides... Derek kinda has a spell for that... sorta.]

He's not that big--about my height, but slimmer. Probably around 150 or 160 pounds. However much it would take to drug a guy that size, I don't know.

And I don't know about cameras...I haven't been to this new office. His old one had a camera though--just one, and it had a lot of blind spots.

150... 160... okay, I'll do some research and see what I can find.

I want to say I hope he's gotten a few more cameras this time, only that would make it more difficult for us to take him away.

If we do have a camera problem, I do have a spell that can shoot spit balls at desired targets. So if needs be, I will cover the camera in spitballs.

[It's a crude and disgusting way to deal with the issue, but it works. No really, this is the method he used to not get caught while robbing a bank.]

Spitballs? Made with whose spit?

[ Okay no not important. Stay on topic. He shakes his head as if clearing it. ]

Okay, fine, sure. We'll use spitballs if we need to. So the game plan is--we go to Zee's office, try to talk him out of staying, and if he doesn't come easy, then Li-Na gives him the food, we spitball the cameras, and we haul him out.

Sound good?

[ He has neglected to think about where they will haul him after that, but hey, planning was never his strong suit, and he's pretty pleased with himself for getting this far with it. ]

[Lucky for James he isn't doing this one his own, so Li-Na spots the need for some further planning.]

Wait. If we do have to do this--[kidnap Zee]--where are we going to 'haul' him? We can't take him back to my place. Leon's off the app.

[And Xiaolang would probably disapprove of all of this...]

Doesn't really matter whose spit. As long as there is spit.

[Derek waves a hand nonchalantly. He then points at Li-Na.]

There is my apartment. I live alone... Plus i have a car that we can toss him into. Though I do worry a bit about any neighbors hearing him make any nose. Kind of wishing I had a spell to deal with noise or not wanting someone to over hear what ever is going on...

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[ While this is true, Derek, it's also: gross. You're gross. But hey, if it works. ]

Then we'll take him to your place. Li-Na and I both live with other people, so yours is the only option we've got. Dealing with neighbors who might notice something is way better than dealing with housemates who'll definitely notice something.

You have a spell that makes spitballs but not one to dampen noise?

[Li-Na raises an eyebrow. Your magic is ridiculous Derek.]

James is right though. Better to take the chance with the neighbors than with my family. And maybe there is a way we can sound proof your place some.

Of course, if he just... teleports away, we won't need to worry about the neighbors at all.

What? Even a professor used it in class to get rid of the school poltergeist from the classroom.

[ James rolls his eyes at Derek. Sure, why not. Spitballs repel the resident school poltergeist. That might as well be a thing.

But Li-Na makes a point he hadn't considered. ]

Damn, you're right--we need to find a way to keep him from teleporting too. But how do you keep a guy from using a power that's just a part of him?

[Li-Na presses her lips together. She can think of a couple options, neither of which she likes.]

I don't know...

[She looks over at Derek]

Have spells that would be useful for this?