Outside a somehow really ominous multi floor apartment complex located at Central Park West in New York, a taxi pulls up and out of it gets the passenger, Pyrrah Nikos, carrying groceries in a paper bag. When in the apartment building, she went to an elevator and called it.
When the elevator arrived, she steps in and pushed the button to go to the floor her apartment was on. She hums as she waits for the elevator to reach the floor her apartment is on. When it reached the right floor, she stepped out and walked to her room, hearing the sound of her TV being on.
"Strange, I didn't realize I left it on..." Pyrrah thought, opening her apartment door and stepping in
When getting to the main area of her apartment, Pyrrah set her purse and jacket an looked at the TV. On it was an ad for the business Jaune, Ren, and Neptune started up, the ad showing the three standing outside the firehouse they chose for their HQ.
"Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?" Neptune says
"Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?" Ren adds
"Have you, or any of your family, actually seen a spook, specter, ghost, or unusual Grimm?" Jaune adds
Pyrrah got confused about the ad but decided to let it keep playing for now.
"If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute." Neptune spoke. "Pick up your phone and clal the professionals."
As Pyrrah took off her scarf and set it down, the ad showed the name of the business, the phone number, and as the three men spoke, "Grimmbusters."
The ad then cuts to Neptune standing by the door to the firehouse as Nora was seen waiting by the large doors.
"Our courteous and efficient staff are on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural and Grimm elimination needs." Neptune stated
The ad then cut to the three standing in a doorway in the firehouse.
"We're ready to believe you!" all three of them said
Pyrrah then shut her TV off, carrying her groceries into the kitchen and setting the bag on the counter. She pulls out the eggs and a bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows. While she was putting the other things up and humming, she didn't notice the carton of eggs springing pen on it's own.
The next thing the eggs did was cracking and popping out of the shells and starting to cook on the counter, sizzling and everything. Pyrrah looks over and jumps a little, this was really unusual and for er, kind of spooky.
She then hears a growling, from in her...fridge? When she looked over, the growing lowered down. But, she walked over and opened the fridge slowly. When she fully opened the fridge, what she saw had her at a loss for words.
Her fridge had turned into a portal to another world and all that can be seen is a temple of some sort, flames, and a couple of strange looking creatures that looked oddly dog-like.
"Zuul" One of the creatures said, talking straight to Pyrrah
This sight alone was enough to make Pyrrah scream and slam her fridge shut.
Two days later, back at the firehouse, Jaune was watching a a couple of people put on a sign with the company's name on it under the large front side window of the firehouse.
"You don't think it's too subtle, Marty?" Jaune questions. "You don't think people are gonna drive down and not see the sign?"
Just then, a 1959 Cadillac ambulance/hearse that looked like it had seen better days pulled up, Jaune walked up, knowing fully well who was driving it.
"You can't park that here!" Jaune aid jokingly
Neptune then got out.
"Everybody can relax, I found the car." Neptune said. "Needs some suspension work and shocks, and brakes, brake pads, linings, steering box, transmission, rear end."
"How much?" Jaune asked
"Only 4800." Neptune said before going back to what the car needs to work properly again. "Maybe new rings, also mufflers, a little wiring."
Later, after they had gotten the car inside and Neptune began working on it to fix it up, Nora Valkyrie who was the receptionist for the company specifically, was sitting at her desk, reading a short magazine, mainly about various explosive weapons used by various Huntsmen and Huntresses throughout the years.
"Nora, any calls? Any customers?" Jaune asked as he walked by with a folder
"No, Dr. Arc." Nora said with a sigh, dissapointed of no customers or calls
"Hey, at least the job pays well when the checks come in." Jaune said in a reassuring manner, patting Nora's shoulder before going into his office in the back of the firehouse. "If you need me, i'll be in my office."
Ren then came out from under Nora's desk, having been trying to fix a printer.
"You're rather handy, Ren." Nora stated. "What's your thoughts on reading nowadays?"
"Print is mostly dead." Ren replied as he went to the back side of the monitor on the desk and began messing with the cords, trying to connect the computer with the printer
"Do you have any hobbies?" Nora asked, setting down what she was reading
"I collect spores, olds, and fungus." Ren replied as he finished what he was doing and walked off
Just then, Pyrrah came in, almost as if she was looking for something, getting a look of confusion from Neptune as he worked on the car to fix it up.
"Is this the Grimmbusters office?" Pyrrah asked
"Yes, it is." Nora responds, looking at Pyrrah. "May I help you?"
"Well, I don't have an appointment, but i'd like to talk to someone." Pyrrah responds
Jaune poked his head out from his office and hopped over the gate and walked over to Pyrrah.
"Hello. i'm Jaune Arc. May I help you?" Jaune asks
"I-I don't know." Pyrrah replied. "What I have to say may be a little unusual."
"It's all we get day in and day out around this place." Jaune responds. "Come into my office."
"Pyrrah. Pyrrah Nikos." Dana comments
Later, they had taken Pyrrah up into a lab in the firehouse and she began explaining what had happened.
"...and I heard a voice say Zuul. That was two days ago, and I hadn't been back to my apartment since." Pyrrah finished explaining
Ren switched off a small monitor.
"She's telling the truth." Ren comments. "Or she thinks she is."
"Well, of course i'm telling the truth, who would make up a story like that?"Pyrrah questioned
"Some are just people who want attention." Jaune stated. "Some are just people who come in from off the streets."
"I could check for the name Zuul." Ren adds
"Spate's Catalog." Neptune suggested
"Tobin's Spirit Guide." Ren adds
"Well, i'm sorry but I don't believe in any of that." Pyrrah comments
"Well, that's okay." Jaune comments. "I don't either."
"Well, I could go to the Hall of Records and check out the structural integrity of the building." Neptune stated as he was snacking on some cheese crackers. "Maybe the building itself has a history of psychic turbulence."
"You do that." Jaune responds
Neptune set his box of cheese crackers down.
"I'll go back to Ms. Nikos' apartment and check her out." Jaune stated before realizing what he said and corrected himself. "I'll go check out Ms. Nikos' apartment. Ok?"
"Alright." Pyrrah replied
Later, at Pyrrah's apartment, Jaune went in first, having brought a gas sniffer with him.
"If something's to happen, I want it to happen to me first." Jaune comments as he looked around with the gas sniffer
Jaune then lifted up the edge of the piano and tapped the two farthest left keys with hi fingers a few times.
'They hate this. I like to torture them." Jaune comments before doing it again a few more times. "That's right boys, it's Dr. Arc!"
Jaune looked around and noticed the large amount of area in the apartment.
"A lot of space. Just you?" Jaune asks
Pyrrah simply nodded. At some point, she decided t ask Jaune a question.
"What is that thing you're doing?" Pyrrah asked
"It's technical." Jaune answers. "One of our little toys."
"I see." Pyrrah muttered
When walking further into the apartment, Jaune kept looking around with the gas sniffer. After checking a few doors, even the bedroom.
"That's the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there." Pyrrah stated, hanging her scarf by the door
"What a crime." Jaune muttered before closing the bedroom door behind him as he left that room
After some more of Jaune looking around with the gas sniffer, Pyrah said, :You know you don't act like a scientist."
"They're usually pretty stiff." Jaune comments
"You're more like a used car salesman." Pyrrah adds
Jaune looked over at one door in particular, back at Pyrrah, then back at the door, and then back at Pyrrah.
"That's the kitchen?" Jaune asked
Pyrrah nodded. When going into the kitchen, Pyrrah switched on the lights.
"Pyrrah, these the eggs?" Jaune asked, looking at the cooked eggs next to broken egg shells on the counter
"Yes. You see, I was putting some things away and these eggs just...umped out of their shell and started to cook on the counter." Pyrrah explained as Jaune examined the cooked eggs. "And that's when I started to hear that awful growling noise that came from the refrigerator."
After Jaune looked in a few more places to see what he could find, Pyrrah sighed.
"Dr. Arc, you've come all this way." Pyrrah states. "Would you like to check the refrigerator?"
Jaune walked over to the fridge and slowly opened it a little, looking in it as the light came out.
"Oh my gods..." Jaune mumbled at what he saw, causing Pyrrah to raise an eyebrow as he then fully opened the fridge, reveailing it was normal somehow. "Look at all the junk food."
"No. God damnit." Pyrrah snapped as she walked over. "This wasn't here."
"You actually eat this stuff?" Jaune asked
"Ther was nothing here. There was a space, and a temple, and creatures running around and they were growling and snarling." Pyrrah recalled. "And I heard a voice say Zuul."
"Well, i'm sorry, but i'm just not getting any readings." Jaune states
"Well are you sure you're using that thing correctly?" Pyrrah asked
"Pretty sure i am, but i'm sure there are no animals in there." Jaune states
Pyrrah sighed and said, "Just great. Either I have a monster in my fridge or i'm completely crazy."
"I don't think you're crazy." Jaune comments
"That makes me feel so much better." Pyrrah comments sarcastically as Jaune closed the fridge
The two then walked back into the living area of the apartment.
"Let me tell you something about myself." Jaune stated. "I come home from work, to my place, and all I have is my work. There's nothing else in my life."
Pyrrah sighed.
"I meet you, and I say, 'My god, there's someone with the same problem that I have'." Jaune added
"Yes, we both have the same problem." Pyrrah comments. "You."
Jaune then stood up and said, "Look. I am madly in love with you."
"I don't believe this, will you please leave?" Pyrrah responds
"And then she threw me out of her life. She thought I was a creep, she thought I Was a geek and maybe wasn't the first." Jaune states as he walked over to the door
"You are so odd." Pyrrah comments
Jaune then got an idea nd looked back.
"I've got it." Jaune spoke, getting a head shake from Pyrrah. "I'll prove myself to you."
"That's not neccissary." Pyrrah replied
"Yeah, i'll solve your little problem." Jaune states
"Okay..." Pyrrah replied, slowly opening the door
"And you'll say 'J. Arc's a guy who can get things done. I wonder what makes him tick.'." Jaune adds, stepping out of the door.
"I wonder." Pyrrah comments, trying to keep up an act until Jaune was gone
"I bet you'll be thinking of me after i'm gone." Jaune states
"I bet I am." Pyrrah replied, closing the door
Jaune then took a deep breath and crossed his heart before going to the elevators to go back down and take a taxi to the firehouse. He crossed his heart for good luck before reaching the elevator and pushing the button for the elevator to go own to the lobby.
