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Thematrian1 (8:07:03 PM): I take it no one's heard from Matt?
CirclMastr (8:07:13 PM): I have not.
Umbrafer (8:07:22 PM): Nein.
Thematrian1 (8:07:28 PM): come to that, is Adam going to be here?
Umbrafer (8:07:37 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (8:07:40 PM): He's just at dinner
Thematrian1 (8:07:44 PM): ah, ok
Umbrafer (8:08:00 PM): *Laments the lack of Dumpshock*
CirclMastr (8:08:12 PM): Are we going to go on without Matte if he doesn't show? I think he's kinda neccessary at the moment.
Thematrian1 (8:08:27 PM): If he isn't here, the game is cancelled.
Thematrian1 (8:08:34 PM): s/isn't here/fails to show up
MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

Umbrafer (8:12:14 PM): Woo!
MilesMk1 (8:12:16 PM): Evenin'
Thematrian1 (8:12:28 PM): so when we left our "heroes", they were in something of a tough spot
Umbrafer (8:13:15 PM): Just a little bit of one, yeah.
Umbrafer (8:13:27 PM): Do any of us have any sort of magical knowledge whatsoever?
MilesMk1 (8:13:32 PM): Nope.
Umbrafer (8:14:16 PM): What would the TN be like for defaulting to try to remember someone mentioning fighting magical critters with force of will?
MilesMk1 (8:14:53 PM): (You can do that?)
Thematrian1 (8:14:58 PM): (Well, no, actually)
Umbrafer (8:15:12 PM): (Only if they're spirits)
Umbrafer (8:15:30 PM): (Clutching at straws, I know, but anything is welcome right now)
Thematrian1 (8:16:55 PM): So, there was an old man who apparently did something to the riotdrone.
Thematrian1 (8:17:29 PM): And a six-round burst passed through him like empty air. The other hostile you've encountered absorbed enough bullets to kill him via lead poisoning, never mind injury, but is unharmed.
Thematrian1 (8:17:46 PM): After being shot many times, he started firing into one of the rooms off of the hallway, and entered it.
MilesMk1 (8:18:15 PM): Right... BTW, was he wearing any visible armor?
Thematrian1 (8:18:31 PM): On the second basement level we have Blake, the spider, a Strato, and the riot-drone. Up in the van by the hanger we have Shojo, Alex, and the other drones.
Umbrafer (8:18:39 PM): The riot drone sits alone, squawking indignantly.
Thematrian1 (8:18:56 PM): No. His uniform might be designed to be slightly armorful, though; that's not uncommon.
Thematrian1 (8:20:05 PM): The old man smiles at the strato, and disappears
MilesMk1 (8:20:20 PM): #What were you shooting at?#
Umbrafer (8:20:53 PM): #The old man! He got the shield and vanished!#
Thematrian1 (8:21:38 PM): (Blake could have seen it, had he been facing the right way. Just to be clear on the rules involved)
Umbrafer (8:22:03 PM): (Ok, so I don't need to play up the paranoid-might-be-seeing-things bit :) )
MilesMk1 (8:22:16 PM): #Damn... Well, mine ran away - fuck if I know why, since it didn't look like I was hurting him...#
Thematrian1 (8:22:53 PM): Alex: are you staying in the Strato, or resuming your pattern of movement between it and the van?
MilesMk1 (8:22:57 PM): *Slaps in an EX mag, sick of wasting expensive APDS on things that heal instantly.*
Thematrian1 (8:23:13 PM): ker-click
MilesMk1 (8:23:17 PM): *runs over to right the shield drone*
Umbrafer (8:23:25 PM): Every six seconds I'm hopping to the van, but mostly staying with the Strato.
Thematrian1 (8:23:46 PM): Shojo: doing anything in particular? Just hanging out in the van?
MilesMk1 (8:24:03 PM): #Before we completely lose momentum, I'm going to go see where the zombie with the SMG ran off to.#
Umbrafer (8:24:31 PM): Can Blake right the shielddrone? I give any reasonable assistance.
Thematrian1 (8:24:45 PM): hm...how much does it weigh again?
Umbrafer (8:24:52 PM): #'Ey Shoj, keep an eye on the aboveground for me#
Umbrafer (8:25:33 PM): Hm. Absolute bare minimum, 150 kilos.
Umbrafer (8:25:39 PM): Actually, that might even just be the armor.
Umbrafer (8:25:51 PM): So it would have fallen with quite a thud.
Thematrian1 (8:25:58 PM): Blake's strength is what?
MilesMk1 (8:26:22 PM): 6
MilesMk1 (8:26:51 PM): So in the real world, it'd be no problem...
MilesMk1 (8:27:01 PM): In SR, might be a bit different.
Thematrian1 (8:27:19 PM): Meh, there are no rules for this. It takes some grunting and straining, but the shield-drone is righted.
Umbrafer (8:27:23 PM): (Righting 300+ lbs of tracked drone would be no problem?)
Umbrafer (8:27:36 PM): (There are lifting rules somewhere)
Umbrafer (8:27:48 PM): (Not that I'm suggesting you look them up, as we managed to right the thing ;) )
Thematrian1 (8:28:06 PM): (6 is awfully high, though)
Thematrian1 (8:28:32 PM): ::grunt, strain, thud::
Umbrafer (8:28:38 PM): (I'll be happy to debate this with you after it's too late to reverse this call :) )
MilesMk1 (8:28:46 PM): (Hey... I can hold 200+ lbs worth of weights in my hands, and I'm no strength 6 uber-mensch. Tipping 300lbs over for someone considerably stronger...)
Thematrian1 (8:29:20 PM): (well, Str9 is human maximum; Str6 is just as good as you can get at character creation without cyber or whatever. Still, yeah)
Umbrafer (8:31:45 PM): (In SR, a Strength 6 character can lift 150 kilos without a test. Fair game.)
Umbrafer (8:32:00 PM): Shielddrone: *Chirrups happily*
MilesMk1 (8:32:29 PM): #I'm going after the bastard that won't die... Cover me?#
MilesMk1 (8:32:47 PM): *Head towards the door the zombie shot out.*
Umbrafer (8:33:02 PM): #Want the shield up front?#
Thematrian1 (8:33:05 PM): You walk down the hallway...
MilesMk1 (8:33:16 PM): #That'd be good.#
Umbrafer (8:33:37 PM): Shield moves to front, Strato stays behind but close.
MilesMk1 (8:33:41 PM): #Damn, we need to hire a mage...#
Umbrafer (8:33:52 PM): #A-fucking-men.#
Umbrafer (8:34:15 PM): #Hey Shoj, anything going on topside?#
Thematrian1 (8:34:18 PM): Blake and the shield process. How close to the door are you getting
Thematrian1 (8:34:19 PM): ?
CirclMastr (8:34:29 PM): (I've no idea, is there?)
Umbrafer (8:34:39 PM): Shielddrone is getting however close Blake gets plus a little bit.
Thematrian1 (8:34:45 PM): Watching the monitors, getting out and looking, what?
CirclMastr (8:34:55 PM): Watching the monitors
Thematrian1 (8:35:09 PM): roll Perception
CirclMastr (8:35:16 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 2 4 6 2
CirclMastr (8:35:19 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
MilesMk1 (8:35:20 PM): Close enough to peek inside.
CirclMastr (8:35:24 PM): (9, 7, 5 ,4)
Thematrian1 (8:36:04 PM): Peeking inside? Roll reaction.
CirclMastr (8:36:29 PM): I hope 9 was good enough for something
Thematrian1 (8:36:41 PM): Shojo detects no movement on the monitors.
MilesMk1 (8:36:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 1 4
CirclMastr (8:36:53 PM): #Boring as hell up here.#
MilesMk1 (8:37:30 PM): #Aw, my Goddamn heart bleeds for you.#
Thematrian1 (8:38:08 PM): Black and crusty is standing against the far wall, behind an overturned bed. His eyes widen as he spots you, and he brings his gun to bear, but you still react faster.
MilesMk1 (8:38:41 PM): So... How many actions do I get? One simple, or do I get the equivalent of one combat phase?
Thematrian1 (8:39:00 PM): one phase
Thematrian1 (8:39:02 PM): well, one pass
MilesMk1 (8:39:16 PM): Then he goes, then we go to init?
Thematrian1 (8:39:35 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (8:39:49 PM): OK... I give the bastard a 6-round burst.
MilesMk1 (8:39:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 1 1 3 5 5 6 3
MilesMk1 (8:39:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 1
Umbrafer (8:40:01 PM): Woo.
MilesMk1 (8:40:13 PM): That's... 16S, I think?
Thematrian1 (8:40:34 PM): it's not any fun for him, tell you that much
Thematrian1 (8:40:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (8:41:00 PM): Eep!
MilesMk1 (8:41:09 PM): I hope that means what I think it means...
Umbrafer (8:41:11 PM): If that was a regen roll, we may be in luck.
Thematrian1 (8:41:43 PM): All six bullets connect; he makes no effort to dodge. Something like surprise registers as the explosive rounds work their magic, and he crumples.
Umbrafer (8:42:45 PM): #That worked.#
CirclMastr (8:43:57 PM): #Took you long enough.#
Thematrian1 (8:44:08 PM): Shojo, roll Perception again, please.
CirclMastr (8:44:17 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 1 3 5 4
CirclMastr (8:44:19 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
CirclMastr (8:44:20 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (8:44:26 PM): Woo.
CirclMastr (8:44:26 PM): 15, 11, 5, 4
Thematrian1 (8:44:50 PM): Something man-sized is crawling toward the van, probably trying to be stealthy.
MilesMk1 (8:44:50 PM): #The question is, did I finally hurt it enough, or was I finally lucky enough to bring the bastard down?#
CirclMastr (8:45:21 PM): #Alex, there's a something crawling toward the van, please dispatch it. Still got some drones in the van, right?#
MilesMk1 (8:45:29 PM): *moves quickly to search the corpse - primarily for key-like objects or anything that looks magical*
MilesMk1 (8:45:40 PM): (The van has an MG turret...)
Umbrafer (8:45:46 PM): Meanwhile, I'm jumping into the van ASAFP
Thematrian1 (8:45:59 PM): Easily done.
Umbrafer (8:46:05 PM): Sensor lock on the crawling thing.
Umbrafer (8:46:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 5 1
Thematrian1 (8:46:35 PM): No dice
Umbrafer (8:46:46 PM): Again at +2?
Thematrian1 (8:46:52 PM): It crawls closer. 15 meters away.
Umbrafer (8:47:01 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 6 1
Umbrafer (8:47:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (8:47:16 PM): This time you get it, albeit barely
Umbrafer (8:47:36 PM): What does it look like? Can either active or passive sensors tell?
Thematrian1 (8:47:56 PM): It's close to somewhat broken ground, it has no body heat or EM emissions. With closer inspection, it has arms and legs.
Thematrian1 (8:48:12 PM): The corpse has its weapon (a cheap SMG), its uniform...
Thematrian1 (8:48:39 PM): ...and about three dozen keycards, none of them labeled.
Umbrafer (8:48:40 PM): Heh. It's pulling a Thrall. Any woodsman's axes?
Thematrian1 (8:49:00 PM): No; though you can roll Perception ;-)
Umbrafer (8:49:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 5 2 1 3 2 1
Umbrafer (8:49:24 PM): Aww.
Thematrian1 (8:49:31 PM): It
Thematrian1 (8:49:43 PM): 's carrying something in its hands, you think; they're the wrong shape
Umbrafer (8:50:16 PM): Shoot that @#$%.
Thematrian1 (8:50:24 PM): go for it
Umbrafer (8:50:25 PM): Hm.
MilesMk1 (8:51:16 PM): Thrall? Oh, is that from Myth, one of the three games out for the Mac? :)
Umbrafer (8:51:16 PM): The Schattenauge is still aloft, correct?
Thematrian1 (8:51:21 PM): aye
Umbrafer (8:51:23 PM): (*Stab*)
Umbrafer (8:51:49 PM): Ordering it to light the thing up with the IR spotlight. Then I'll fire with manual gunnery.
Thematrian1 (8:52:55 PM): It doesn't notice until you open up. Go for it.
MilesMk1 (8:53:00 PM): *takes the keycards, discarding any that were shot, checks the SMG to see what ammo it had loaded, scans the room, and if there's nothing interesting visible takes up a position in the hallway again.*
Umbrafer (8:53:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 6 4 6 5 4 6 1 3 6
Umbrafer (8:53:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 6 1
Umbrafer (8:53:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 2
Thematrian1 (8:53:53 PM): The SMG ammo is totally generic. The room is of a type you've heard of: military barracks single room, probably meant for an officer. The closet contains no clothes, and there aren't any fascinating stashes under the bed.
Umbrafer (8:54:18 PM): (That's a six-round burst; remember the -2 TN for the tracers)
Thematrian1 (8:54:42 PM): ::spat splatter splatter splat:: It crawls no longer.
Thematrian1 (8:55:29 PM): Blake returns to the hallway.
MilesMk1 (8:55:33 PM): #Found around 30 keycards on this... thing... Maybe they'll come in handy. Too bad they don't have labels.#
Thematrian1 (8:56:02 PM): Only one of the cards was even slightly damaged; they were kept in a rear pants pocket, loose.
MilesMk1 (8:56:14 PM): Ok, I take them all, then.
Umbrafer (8:57:31 PM): Looking around for more lurkers.
Umbrafer (8:57:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 1 1 5 4
Thematrian1 (8:57:36 PM): Things are very quiet.
Umbrafer (8:57:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 1 3 2 1
Thematrian1 (8:57:45 PM): Things up above are also peaceful.
Umbrafer (8:57:50 PM): (Also telling the Schattenauge to kill the spotlight and then move)
CirclMastr (8:58:12 PM): #So what now?#
Umbrafer (8:59:36 PM): #Blake, how are things downstairs?# *Jumps back to Strato*
MilesMk1 (9:00:18 PM): #Quiet. The guy's still dead, no old man sightings. Gonna go over to the big door, and try some of these keycards, I think.#
MilesMk1 (9:00:33 PM): (There is a big armored door at the end of the hallway, right?)
Thematrian1 (9:00:37 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:00:44 PM): And it does have a keycard access.
Thematrian1 (9:01:12 PM): Trying some keycards?
MilesMk1 (9:01:15 PM): #I'm going to need someone to watch my back as I play around with the cards.#
Umbrafer (9:01:23 PM): #You got it.#
MilesMk1 (9:01:41 PM): *moves to the door, and starts trying cards - sticking all the ones that didn't work into one pocket, so there's no confusion.*
Thematrian1 (9:01:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 1 2 5 5 5 3 1
Thematrian1 (9:03:38 PM): roll security procedures please, Blake
MilesMk1 (9:04:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 6 2
MilesMk1 (9:04:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (9:05:02 PM): (Do I realize there's a good chance of a lock-out if I use the wrong cards too many times?)
Thematrian1 (9:05:36 PM): Yes, yes you do. If it gets too many of the wrong card, it may well decide that somebody has gotten a hold of a bunch of random cards and is proceeding by trial and error. However...
Thematrian1 (9:06:08 PM): ...it also occurs to you that since the cards are unmarked, it'd be awfully hard to enforce in practice.
MilesMk1 (9:06:23 PM): ...
Umbrafer (9:06:25 PM): (Heh)
MilesMk1 (9:06:52 PM): *examines the cards for signs of heavy usage, subtle markings, etc.*
Thematrian1 (9:07:14 PM): roll perception
MilesMk1 (9:07:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 6 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:07:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:07:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:07:47 PM): Finally, a decent perception roll.
Thematrian1 (9:08:14 PM): You find three especially stained with, well, with something or another. It's yellowish-green.
MilesMk1 (9:08:30 PM): Great...
MilesMk1 (9:08:35 PM): Gonna try those first.
Thematrian1 (9:08:47 PM): The first does not work. The second does.
MilesMk1 (9:08:49 PM): Cards in one hand, gun in the other.
MilesMk1 (9:08:58 PM): #I think I got the door.#
Thematrian1 (9:09:26 PM): There's a series of clicks as the door unlocks itself.
MilesMk1 (9:09:45 PM): *steps back behind shield drone and gets gun ready*
Thematrian1 (9:10:03 PM): Meanwhile, up above:
Thematrian1 (9:10:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:10:46 PM): Shojo sees an old man appear out of nowhere, crouching on the hood of the van
CirclMastr (9:11:00 PM): #Um, Alex... Old man on van hood.#
Thematrian1 (9:11:03 PM): He's wearing pure white, his face weatherbeaten rather than wrinkled
Umbrafer (9:11:32 PM): #Fuck.# Jumping into the van ASAFP. (I seem to say that a lot, don't I?)
Thematrian1 (9:11:54 PM): Heh. Roll Reaction
Thematrian1 (9:12:15 PM): Meanwhile: Blake, doing anything?
Umbrafer (9:12:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 5 6 4 3 4 2 3 5 1 2
Umbrafer (9:12:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Thematrian1 (9:12:36 PM): (Yeah, rigged reaction, though I should have made that explicit)
Thematrian1 (9:13:05 PM): You get into the van just in time to feel it try to take off at full speed without any input from you. Make a crash test.
MilesMk1 (9:13:55 PM): Depends on what I see when the door opens.
CirclMastr (9:13:56 PM): "HOLY SHIT!"
Umbrafer (9:14:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 1 5 5 6 3 4 5 6
Umbrafer (9:14:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
Umbrafer (9:14:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (9:14:41 PM): The door opens. Behind it you see another hallway, much like this one. Roll Perception, including any hearing-related bonuses you may possess
MilesMk1 (9:15:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 1 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:15:29 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (9:15:39 PM): You hear nothing in particular.
MilesMk1 (9:15:40 PM): (Not this character.)
CirclMastr (9:15:53 PM): (Blake's a deader)
MilesMk1 (9:17:17 PM): #I guess there's nothing to it but keep on moving.#
Thematrian1 (9:17:18 PM): You get a flash of dark skin, brown hair and a single, wide brown eye. Then it's gone.
Thematrian1 (9:17:32 PM): This is behind a corner, ~20 meters away.
MilesMk1 (9:17:44 PM): Oh. Scratch that last comment, then.
Thematrian1 (9:17:55 PM): actions?
MilesMk1 (9:18:13 PM): #Got something moving behind the corner 20 meters in...#
MilesMk1 (9:18:22 PM): *takes aim at the corner*
MilesMk1 (9:18:29 PM): #Ready to move on in when you are.#
Thematrian1 (9:18:32 PM): You have aim.
Umbrafer (9:18:53 PM): Does the van survive its wild excursion?
Thematrian1 (9:19:22 PM): Heh, sorry. There's a panicked surge of acceleration, but you get it under control before it's gone more than a few feet.
Umbrafer (9:19:41 PM): ( <3 VCR3)
Thematrian1 (9:19:42 PM): Shojo sees the old man pass through the van as it leaps forward.
CirclMastr (9:21:03 PM): "Fucking old man..."
Umbrafer (9:21:04 PM): #How did that bastard get all the way up there?#
Thematrian1 (9:21:08 PM): By the time you get a chance to look around, he's gone.
CirclMastr (9:21:15 PM): #Magic shit, I bet.#
Thematrian1 (9:22:09 PM): Blake: still holding still?
MilesMk1 (9:23:53 PM): Waiting on word from Alex.
MilesMk1 (9:23:58 PM): #Alex?#
Umbrafer (9:25:05 PM): #We're ok up here, just had an encounter with that old man. I think he's some sort of wizard or ghost or something.#
MilesMk1 (9:26:14 PM): #Yeah, that's starting to look like a possibility... Anyway, I saw movement, I'm going to check it out, cover me?#
Umbrafer (9:26:45 PM): *Jumps into Strato, scans to try to locate anything around that corner*
Umbrafer (9:26:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:26:59 PM): Nothing there, as far as you can tell.
Umbrafer (9:27:23 PM): Taking aim at the corner, then I give Blake the go-ahead.
MilesMk1 (9:27:29 PM): *starts to advance down the corridor, using the shield drone for cover*
Thematrian1 (9:28:05 PM): You advance. You reach a four-way intersection; the corner you were spied on from is still ~10 meters ahead
MilesMk1 (9:29:15 PM): Anything of interest down the side passages at the intersection?
Thematrian1 (9:29:21 PM): Roll Perception
MilesMk1 (9:30:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 6 3 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:30:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:31:09 PM): Flash of something, down the right-hand path. It could be nothing; you weren't sure.
MilesMk1 (9:31:46 PM): #Thought I saw something down the right passage... You getting anything?#
Umbrafer (9:31:48 PM): The Strato is tagging along about three meters behind.
Umbrafer (9:31:51 PM): Scanning.
Umbrafer (9:31:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 3 6
Umbrafer (9:32:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
Thematrian1 (9:32:29 PM): Yep, something was there. Something with a pulse, and body heat.
Umbrafer (9:32:47 PM): #We've got a live one! Repeat, we've got a live one!#
MilesMk1 (9:33:28 PM): #Going after it... Hold the fort.#
Umbrafer (9:33:29 PM): Can I identify anything more than that?
MilesMk1 (9:33:47 PM): *runs off down the right passage*
Umbrafer (9:33:51 PM): I'm going to hold the fort.
Thematrian1 (9:33:52 PM): No; the conditions down here aren't ideal.
MilesMk1 (9:34:08 PM): *changing mags back to APDS as I go*
Thematrian1 (9:35:33 PM): You reach a turnoff; no immediate sign of your quarry. Roll hearing-based Perception
MilesMk1 (9:35:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 5 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:35:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (9:36:01 PM): Not good enough, I'm afraid; this place muffles sound.
Thematrian1 (9:37:12 PM): You can follow the turnoff or not; there's no immediate evidence of which way is better
Thematrian1 (9:37:26 PM): except suddenly...
Umbrafer (9:37:45 PM): (Dun dun dunnnnn)
Thematrian1 (9:38:11 PM): You hear a voice, speaking Spanish. It sounds inquisitive.
MilesMk1 (9:38:26 PM): Where does this voice come from?
Thematrian1 (9:38:37 PM): Down the turnoff
CirclMastr (9:38:42 PM): (Great, Aztlaner bug spirits)
MilesMk1 (9:38:44 PM): #You hear that?#
Thematrian1 (9:39:14 PM): Alex did, indeed, hear that.
Umbrafer (9:39:48 PM): (Crud.)
Umbrafer (9:39:51 PM): Could I hear what it said?
MilesMk1 (9:39:55 PM): *Sticks his head around the corner, and says "Habla Ingles?", using up roughly 10% of his Spanish vocabulary.*
Umbrafer (9:40:03 PM): (Hm.)
Umbrafer (9:40:10 PM): (Correction. Could I make out words?)
Thematrian1 (9:40:14 PM): (Yes)
Umbrafer (9:40:38 PM): (Default to INT to get some vague idea of what is being said?)
Thematrian1 (9:40:48 PM): (No)
Umbrafer (9:40:52 PM): (Ah well.)
Umbrafer (9:40:59 PM): #I hear it.#
Thematrian1 (9:41:02 PM): (Default to a closely-related romance language I'd allow...)
Thematrian1 (9:41:19 PM): You get a response. It's not in English.
Umbrafer (9:41:21 PM): (Closest relative I have is English, so no.)
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EverGuard4 (9:42:49 PM): y'know ... I hate to say it, but that's a very uninspired name...
Umbrafer (9:42:57 PM): (?)
Thematrian1 (9:43:00 PM): (Eh?)
MilesMk1 (9:43:02 PM): What's a very uninspired name?
CirclMastr (9:43:08 PM): (Chat room name)
Thematrian1 (9:43:11 PM): (Oh, right)
Umbrafer (9:43:16 PM): (Hehehe)
EverGuard4 (9:43:31 PM): J, how do I dispense with the mono-blue ness?
Thematrian1 (9:43:39 PM): (I'll have you know that I painstakingly typed each of those numbers)
CirclMastr (9:43:41 PM): (Splash red for burn?)
Thematrian1 (9:43:57 PM): (Nah, the cool kids are splashing black these days)
EverGuard4 (9:44:00 PM): (splash black for sheer brokenness)
Umbrafer (9:44:02 PM): (You don't, AFAIK. I'll check to see if there's a way. You really prefer the mindburning colours?)
EverGuard4 (9:44:08 PM): (damnit, I type too slowly)
EverGuard4 (9:45:05 PM): (Yes... I happen to prefer using "Return" as "Enter" as well... but I'm dealing... just for your sake, too, so shush) -- Sorry group, I'll stay on-target now.
Thematrian1 (9:45:17 PM): (Please)
EverGuard4 (9:45:51 PM): "Hablo Espanol?"
MilesMk1 (9:46:13 PM): "No."
EverGuard4 (9:46:23 PM): (I don't actually speak Spanish... and yes, I know that's the wrong form...)
Umbrafer (9:46:33 PM): "*ksht*Nyet*ksht*"
MilesMk1 (9:46:38 PM): *tries German*
Thematrian1 (9:47:05 PM): (Speiken zie...darn, don't know the German word for "Spanish")
Thematrian1 (9:47:24 PM): The dwarf responds in German. You recognize the language, but that's all.
EverGuard4 (9:47:32 PM): "No."
EverGuard4 (9:47:40 PM): (in espanol)
CirclMastr (9:47:49 PM): (Which would be... No)
EverGuard4 (9:47:56 PM): (shhh ;-))
MilesMk1 (9:48:00 PM): (Isn't that "Sprechen sie", for "do you speak"?)
MilesMk1 (9:48:38 PM): (My knowledge of German is limited to what you learn from watching WWII films growing up in Poland.)
Thematrian1 (9:48:40 PM): (Yeah, probably. I'm going pure phonetic, based on what I remember from visiting Switzerland five years ago. ::hides:: )
MilesMk1 (9:48:53 PM): (It does not lend itself well to making polite conversation...)
Thematrian1 (9:48:58 PM): ( ::snicker:: )
CirclMastr (9:49:19 PM): ( ::turns on loud Russian music:: )
Thematrian1 (9:49:22 PM): There's a short, tense silent.
Thematrian1 (9:49:26 PM): s/silent/silence
MilesMk1 (9:49:52 PM): #Umm... So, Shojo doesn't speak Spanish either, right?#
CirclMastr (9:50:04 PM): #Iie.#
MilesMk1 (9:50:17 PM): #What?#
CirclMastr (9:50:25 PM): #...No, I don't speak Spanish.#
Umbrafer (9:51:45 PM): (Hm. Would I have any way to communicate through the drones, or is that yet another thing that I've forgotten to add in?)
Umbrafer (9:51:52 PM): (Verbally, that is)
Thematrian1 (9:52:16 PM): (I don't recall anything like that. The spider can make spider noises, but they don't approximate speech)
CirclMastr (9:52:31 PM): (You could make the spider write in the dirt.)
Thematrian1 (9:52:45 PM): (No dirt. Nice thought, though)
CirclMastr (9:52:52 PM): (Dust? Debris?)
CirclMastr (9:53:00 PM): (Blake's blood?)
MilesMk1 (9:53:18 PM): "Uh... Do you know... viejo hombre?"
Umbrafer (9:53:28 PM): (I desperately need to install a speech synthesizer)
Umbrafer (9:53:37 PM): #Blake... try this. Repeat after me, I'll go slowly.#
CirclMastr (9:53:39 PM): ('Twould be nice)
MilesMk1 (9:53:48 PM): (I'm only using what I know of Spanish, which approximates what Blake knows rather well. :))
EverGuard4 (9:53:52 PM): (< knows too little actual Spanish)
MilesMk1 (9:53:53 PM): #Okay...#
Umbrafer (9:53:56 PM): #[a long string of mostly consonants]#
MilesMk1 (9:54:17 PM): *tries his best to repeat*
Thematrian1 (9:54:30 PM): The dwarf makes some more attempts to communicate.
MilesMk1 (9:54:37 PM): #Can you tell me first what you're making me say?#
Thematrian1 (9:54:46 PM): (Yes, please, share that with the class)
Umbrafer (9:55:17 PM): ("Do you understand Navajo?")
Umbrafer (9:55:53 PM): #I'm asking if he understands the language.#
MilesMk1 (9:56:23 PM): #That was a human language?#
Umbrafer (9:56:52 PM): #Yes. It's a long story.#
CirclMastr (9:57:27 PM): (Wait, can Shojo hear the convo?)
EverGuard4 (9:57:41 PM): (I'm assuming I do not understand Navajo, correct?)
Thematrian1 (9:57:54 PM): (Nope)
Umbrafer (9:58:14 PM): (Presumably she can)
Umbrafer (9:58:19 PM): (Why, does she have the language?)
EverGuard4 (9:58:20 PM): (Spanish) "What do you want?"
MilesMk1 (9:58:23 PM): You would have understood me say "blah-blah old man?" Maybe.
Thematrian1 (9:58:24 PM): (Yes, she can)
CirclMastr (9:58:34 PM): #Maybe I can get on the Matrix and find a translator site.#
MilesMk1 (9:58:41 PM): #Please.#
CirclMastr (9:58:47 PM): ::does so::
Umbrafer (9:58:56 PM): #Hey Shoj, have I mentioned I love you?#
CirclMastr (9:59:03 PM): #Not often enough.#
EverGuard4 (9:59:45 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 3 4 1 6 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:59:55 PM): (Roll Computers, Shojo)
Thematrian1 (10:00:00 PM): (Get many successes)
CirclMastr (10:00:04 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 5 1 5 3
CirclMastr (10:00:12 PM): (...Karma if needed)
Thematrian1 (10:00:31 PM): (You're looking for 4s; you have 2 successes. You can find one but it will take a long time)
CirclMastr (10:00:34 PM): (Though I don't think it'd be hard to find the 2055 equivalent of BabelFish Except It Doesn't Suck)
CirclMastr (10:00:42 PM): (Karma then)
CirclMastr (10:00:45 PM): CirclMastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 4 1 6 6
Umbrafer (10:00:50 PM): (Woo).
CirclMastr (10:00:51 PM): (Hooah)
Thematrian1 (10:01:31 PM): (I think such a thing would be rarer, actually; SR is a lot more restricted in how it deals with useful information. There isn't the same philosophy of freedom)
Thematrian1 (10:01:58 PM): (However, that's a great many successes, so...)
Thematrian1 (10:02:30 PM): You dig, and dig, and hey! There's something! The mode of access is illegal, but quite safe.
CirclMastr (10:02:58 PM): ::has no moral quandry:: #Got something.#
MilesMk1 (10:03:15 PM): #Excellent.#
CirclMastr (10:03:29 PM): #What do we want to say?#
CirclMastr (10:03:54 PM): #I would lean toward "Don't move or I'll blow your fucking head off" but that's just me.#
MilesMk1 (10:04:00 PM): *switches to a private channel to Alex* #Please make sure she doesn't have me say "Your mother was fucked by a goat and liked it."#
Umbrafer (10:04:05 PM): #That might not go over well.#
Umbrafer (10:04:12 PM): *Private channel* #I'll try.#
Thematrian1 (10:04:40 PM): (Incidentally, that's quite a nice insult)
MilesMk1 (10:04:48 PM): #How about, we don't want to hurt you if you don't attack us. Who are you?#
CirclMastr (10:04:50 PM): (Psssh.)
CirclMastr (10:05:21 PM): (I prefer, "Last night I carved my name in your mother's uterus with a butterknife while she wa having oral sex with the family dog" if we're going for mother jokes.)
CirclMastr (10:05:34 PM): ::gets translation of that::
Thematrian1 (10:05:38 PM): (That's too long. But enough of this)
Thematrian1 (10:05:52 PM): (Uh...of which? The "we don't want to hurt you..." or the other one?)
CirclMastr (10:05:59 PM): (The former)
Thematrian1 (10:06:11 PM): Mere moments later, you have a translation.
CirclMastr (10:06:19 PM): ::feeds it to Blake::
CirclMastr (10:06:31 PM): (Almost instantly thanks to Matrix time, heh)
Umbrafer (10:06:51 PM): Alex does her best to make sure it's what it is purported to be.
Thematrian1 (10:07:06 PM): "Her best" is "basically nothing", I'm afraid.
Umbrafer (10:07:33 PM): It should be quite a lot. Mostly involved in watching out for any gleeful tone in Shojo's voice.
MilesMk1 (10:07:34 PM): *Does his best to repeat it, trying to enunciate all the syllables rather than getting the accent right*
EverGuard4 (10:07:58 PM): (I'm assuming I understand the attempt?)
Thematrian1 (10:08:05 PM): The pronunciation is wretched, but you get what's being said: "We don't want to hurt you if you don't attack us. Who are you?"
EverGuard4 (10:09:03 PM): (Spanish) "I am Cornerstone."
Umbrafer (10:09:20 PM): (Can you smell...)
Umbrafer (10:09:38 PM): #Any idea what he said?#
Thematrian1 (10:10:04 PM): The thing Shojo found also does voice-to-text. She gets a translation, though it doesn't make huge amounts of sense.
CirclMastr (10:10:25 PM): #He says he's... a brick, or a stone, or something. The fuck is... maybe it's a street name.#
Umbrafer (10:10:51 PM): #He's called The Brick, apparently.#
MilesMk1 (10:10:54 PM): #Okay... How do I say "What are you doing here?"#
CirclMastr (10:11:05 PM): ::translates::
MilesMk1 (10:11:17 PM): *says it*
EverGuard4 (10:11:38 PM): (Spanish) "I know not."
Thematrian1 (10:12:07 PM): Translation is straightforward.
CirclMastr (10:12:15 PM): ::dig dig:: #...He says he doesn't know.#
MilesMk1 (10:13:28 PM): #"What were you trying to do before you saw us? Do you know the old man?"#
CirclMastr (10:13:44 PM): ::translates::
MilesMk1 (10:13:46 PM): (Make that "me" rather than "us")
EverGuard4 (10:14:48 PM): "I wait. I know not for what."
EverGuard4 (10:14:53 PM): (Spanish)
CirclMastr (10:15:34 PM): ::dig dig:: #He says he's waiting, and he doesn't know why. The hell is wrong with this guy?#
Thematrian1 (10:15:45 PM): Alex: perception
Umbrafer (10:16:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 3 6 2 2
Umbrafer (10:16:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:16:13 PM): #Do we keep talking to him, or do I try to take him out, and we get on with this? He's either playing dumb to get us off-guard, or doesn't know jack.#
Thematrian1 (10:17:02 PM): The old man is here again, floating directly above the van. He seems to just be watching you.
MilesMk1 (10:17:19 PM): #Shojo, how do I say, "Come out, we won't hurt you?"#
EverGuard4 (10:17:28 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 4 6
CirclMastr (10:17:29 PM): ::translates::
EverGuard4 (10:17:34 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:17:38 PM): *says that*
Umbrafer (10:17:48 PM): Jumping into the van, jetting forwards and trying to stay away from the old man.
Umbrafer (10:18:05 PM): #[Angry stream of consonants]! The old man's back!#
CirclMastr (10:18:23 PM): #Fuck...#
CirclMastr (10:18:33 PM): (And my keyboard is starting to fail)
Thematrian1 (10:18:38 PM): Your jetting away is proceeding much more slowly than usual.
MilesMk1 (10:18:56 PM): #We need to move. This is taking too damn long.#
Umbrafer (10:19:18 PM): (Manual gunnery, nailing the old man if at all possible)
Umbrafer (10:19:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 6 4 3 5 6 2 6 6 1
Umbrafer (10:19:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 2 5
Umbrafer (10:19:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 2
Umbrafer (10:19:51 PM): (Six-round burst, as before)
Thematrian1 (10:20:24 PM): He looks shocked, and vanishes. The van is moving really slowly.
Umbrafer (10:21:07 PM): #[consonants]! Scheisse! It did something to the van!#
Umbrafer (10:21:16 PM): *Scans the area, performing diagnostics on the van*
Thematrian1 (10:22:13 PM): The wheels are spinning normally. In fact, everything seems ok. How fast were you trying to go again?
Umbrafer (10:22:50 PM): Probably only about 40 meters/turn at this point
Thematrian1 (10:23:07 PM): Well, you're barely managing seven
Umbrafer (10:23:50 PM): And the wheels are turning normally? Not grinding against the ground or anything?
Thematrian1 (10:24:18 PM): Yep
Thematrian1 (10:24:48 PM): In fact, your sensors are conflicted about how fast the van is moving
Umbrafer (10:24:55 PM): #Fuck. He's got some kind of spell on the van, I think#
CirclMastr (10:25:06 PM): #Ya think?#
CirclMastr (10:25:10 PM): ::eyeroll::
Umbrafer (10:27:11 PM): I'm probably going to bring the speed up slightly but keep the van pointed in a direction without obstacles as much as possible. (Hey, Alex watched cartoons as a kid too)
EverGuard4 (10:28:14 PM): "What do you seek here?"
CirclMastr (10:28:34 PM): #He wants to know what you're looking for.#
MilesMk1 (10:29:00 PM): #Uh... Group consensus, what the hell do I tell him?#
Thematrian1 (10:29:05 PM): All right. You're trundling down one of the airstrips, veeeeery slowly.
CirclMastr (10:29:42 PM): #Don't ask me.#|NCS
CirclMastr (10:29:46 PM): (Damn keyboard)
Umbrafer (10:30:34 PM): #I don't know, but whatever you do, do it fast!#
Thematrian1 (10:31:03 PM): Above you, in the sky, a storm is brewing with unnatural rapidity
CirclMastr (10:31:10 PM): ::gives him "I could ask you the same thing."::
Umbrafer (10:31:22 PM): *Somehow manages to maintain a sense of urgency at about five miles per hour*
MilesMk1 (10:31:37 PM): #How do I say "The evil old man who runs this place kidnapped some people. We want to find them and kill him."#
Umbrafer (10:31:55 PM): I am pointing down some unobstructed direction and stepping on that damn gas pedal.
CirclMastr (10:31:56 PM): #Why the hell would you want to say that?#NCS
MilesMk1 (10:32:44 PM): #Because we're running out of time, and trying to be subtle about it won't work with the communication system we have going?#
Umbrafer (10:33:17 PM): #Just hurry it up already!# *Eyes the clouds distinctly nervously*
CirclMastr (10:33:21 PM): #Fine, but it's your ass.# ::translates::
MilesMk1 (10:33:30 PM): *relays the phrases*
EverGuard4 (10:33:46 PM): (The one regarding the evil old man?)
MilesMk1 (10:33:52 PM): (Yeah)
CirclMastr (10:33:53 PM): (Yeah)
EverGuard4 (10:34:33 PM): (Spanish) "I know not what you mean by that."
CirclMastr (10:34:56 PM): ::dig dig:: #...Great, he doesn't understand.#
MilesMk1 (10:38:08 PM): #How do I say "Either help or get out of the way. If you don't interfere, we won't hurt you."#
CirclMastr (10:38:21 PM): ::translates::
MilesMk1 (10:38:26 PM): *repeats*
EverGuard4 (10:38:57 PM): (Spanish) "What do you need?"
MilesMk1 (10:39:21 PM): #"Where is the old man? Where is the heart of this place?"#
CirclMastr (10:39:34 PM): ::blah blah::
MilesMk1 (10:39:37 PM): #"Where is the magician?"#
MilesMk1 (10:39:45 PM): *does the thing*
EverGuard4 (10:40:32 PM): (Spanish) "I have not ventured beyond the reinforced doors."
EverGuard4 (10:40:54 PM): (Spanish) "What is a magician?"
CirclMastr (10:41:08 PM): #Says he hasn't gone past the strong doors... And he doesn't know what a magician is. Jesus.#
Umbrafer (10:41:25 PM): *Vrrrrrrrrm*
MilesMk1 (10:41:32 PM): #"Which reinforced doors? The ones I came through, or different ones?"#
CirclMastr (10:41:46 PM): ::blah::
Umbrafer (10:41:47 PM): *Chugs along at the speed of a brisk run*
EverGuard4 (10:42:00 PM): (Spanish) "Three cordon off this area."
CirclMastr (10:42:35 PM): #....Can't parse it.#
MilesMk1 (10:43:30 PM): #Ok... This is taking too long. I'm heading in, and let this guy do what he may.#
Thematrian1 (10:43:45 PM): very well. Heading down to where he is?
Thematrian1 (10:43:51 PM): Or along the other hallway?
MilesMk1 (10:44:15 PM): First, down to where he is. Keeping my weapon, but not pointing it at him.
Thematrian1 (10:46:39 PM): One moment
Thematrian1 (10:48:04 PM): By the time you reach the turnoff, he's gone. You hear running feet.
Thematrian1 (10:48:41 PM): Alex thinks she can see a face in the storm clouds above. Rain begins to fall.
CirclMastr (10:48:55 PM): #We're fucked...#
Umbrafer (10:49:16 PM): If conditions start to deteriorate and it's clear I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to ease off the pedal in preparation for... well, something bad.
Thematrian1 (10:50:47 PM): you're getting somewhere, just very slowly
Umbrafer (10:51:12 PM): I know. The difference between 12MPH and 6MPH isn't all that important right now, though.
Thematrian1 (10:51:15 PM): Blake: actions?
MilesMk1 (10:51:17 PM): #Why?#
MilesMk1 (10:51:35 PM): *Picks up his pace, trying to find more significant looking doors.*
Thematrian1 (10:52:29 PM): a quick scan reveals none; this is clearly a barracks area
MilesMk1 (10:52:32 PM): #Alex, if you can, try to keep up with the drones... If not, good luck with whatever's going on up top.#
MilesMk1 (10:52:54 PM): *heads back the way he first saw movement from around the corner.*
Umbrafer (10:53:13 PM): I'll order the drones along, but not jump into them at the moment.
MilesMk1 (10:53:50 PM): Ok, then I'll plug into the datajack port in the shield drone, and make it move around that way.
Thematrian1 (10:53:59 PM): You move around a bit, make it to where you saw movement. Heh, and that too
Thematrian1 (10:56:09 PM): You're back where you started, basically
MilesMk1 (10:56:32 PM): I am?
MilesMk1 (10:56:53 PM): Oh, I see, I got back to the corridor with the elevator.
Thematrian1 (10:57:16 PM): Yes.
MilesMk1 (10:57:19 PM): That leaves the left path from the four-way intersection as the only one I haven't checked yet, correct?
CirclMastr (10:57:21 PM): Dinner, brb
Thematrian1 (10:57:37 PM): yes, and the other way to go in the elevator corridor
MilesMk1 (10:58:00 PM): I check the left path for now.
Thematrian1 (10:58:18 PM): You head down the left path
Thematrian1 (10:59:42 PM): More doors, more doors, more doors, 90 turn, more doors, security door
Thematrian1 (10:59:55 PM): No guardian this time
Thematrian1 (11:00:04 PM): The rain intensifies
MilesMk1 (11:00:07 PM): I try to open the sucker.
Thematrian1 (11:00:31 PM): Trying cards until one works, using the dirty ones...?
MilesMk1 (11:01:06 PM): Using the dirty ones, yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:01:24 PM): And not the one I used on the other door.
Thematrian1 (11:01:37 PM): The first one your try opens the door. There's no one on the other side.
MilesMk1 (11:02:22 PM): Another bland corridor?
Thematrian1 (11:02:48 PM): Yep. This one has a bunch of branches though; half a dozen four-way intersections that you can see
MilesMk1 (11:03:03 PM): Shiiit...
MilesMk1 (11:03:31 PM): #Found a part of the place with a lot of intersections. Going in.#
MilesMk1 (11:03:47 PM): *starts to move forward, moving the shield drone ahead*
MilesMk1 (11:03:59 PM): *stopping to check intersections*
Thematrian1 (11:04:17 PM): All right. You reach the first four-way intersection. You peek around the corner...
Thematrian1 (11:04:45 PM): nothing appears down either passage. Roll perception
MilesMk1 (11:04:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 6 6 1
MilesMk1 (11:04:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:04:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
MilesMk1 (11:05:07 PM): 17, 14, 9
Thematrian1 (11:05:20 PM): dayum
Thematrian1 (11:06:03 PM): The corridors are spaced ten meters apart. In the next one up, on the right, you hear someone/something scuffing their feet.
MilesMk1 (11:06:43 PM): #I hear someone in the next one up on the right. Moving to engage.#
MilesMk1 (11:06:52 PM): *moves to engage*
Thematrian1 (11:07:16 PM): How?
Umbrafer (11:07:22 PM): #Let me know if you really need support.#
MilesMk1 (11:07:29 PM): Hmm...
Thematrian1 (11:07:51 PM): Yes, that's definitely a face in the clouds. It's huge, and getting closer.
MilesMk1 (11:08:15 PM): Actually... I'll just stop and wait for whoever it is to come into view.
Umbrafer (11:08:22 PM): Does it look like Jaffar's face from Prince of Persia II?
Thematrian1 (11:08:28 PM): I wouldn't know.
Umbrafer (11:08:43 PM): Do I recognize the face?
Thematrian1 (11:08:56 PM): No. It's immense, but lacking in detail.
CirclMastr (11:09:15 PM): (Back)
Umbrafer (11:09:20 PM): How immense?
EverGuard4 (11:09:39 PM): (stretches to the horizon)
Umbrafer (11:09:47 PM): Also, I'm going to try for a sensor lock in the vain hope that there's something there to lock onto.
Thematrian1 (11:09:49 PM): Bigger than the hanger.
Umbrafer (11:09:55 PM): (Eep).
Thematrian1 (11:09:56 PM): Heh, go for it
Umbrafer (11:10:01 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 5 3
Umbrafer (11:10:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:10:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:10:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:10:21 PM): (why do the always end that way?)
Umbrafer (11:10:40 PM): If it has a Signature, I probably nailed it. If not, well, I'm about to know.
Thematrian1 (11:11:18 PM): It does not, in point of fact, have a signature
Umbrafer (11:11:41 PM): So it goes. I lock onto the very molecules of air, but the entity as a whole escapes me.
Umbrafer (11:12:19 PM): Perhaps more importantly, does it look like it's looking at the van?
Thematrian1 (11:12:24 PM): The face contorts, as if it's taking a breath
Thematrian1 (11:12:28 PM): Yes. Yes it does.
Umbrafer (11:12:38 PM): Opening fire on it.
Thematrian1 (11:12:40 PM): The guy around the corner is holding still, Blake.
Thematrian1 (11:12:46 PM): All right; roll it.
Umbrafer (11:13:00 PM): No. Wait. Held action.
MilesMk1 (11:14:00 PM): Ok... In that case, I just quietly move up to the corner and hope to win the reaction roll. Gonna move up, then try to get a bead on him while keeping as much of myself in cover as possible.
Umbrafer (11:14:15 PM): One moment whilst I angst.
Thematrian1 (11:14:36 PM): Go for it, Blake.
Thematrian1 (11:14:55 PM): The figure breaths out. Lightning streaks downward. Go ahead and roll, Jon.
Umbrafer (11:15:13 PM): Roll for dodge?
Umbrafer (11:15:19 PM): Or some other roll?
MilesMk1 (11:15:31 PM): Sealth or reaction?
Thematrian1 (11:15:55 PM): Stealth, then reaction
Thematrian1 (11:16:14 PM): (Jon: Dodge, yeah. You're defending against a Lightning spell)
MilesMk1 (11:16:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 5 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:16:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:16:32 PM): 9 on stealth
MilesMk1 (11:16:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 3 2 5 1 1 3 2
Thematrian1 (11:16:41 PM): You creep stealthily. As far as you can tell, you're not spotted.
Umbrafer (11:16:46 PM): (Mmkay.)
MilesMk1 (11:17:13 PM): I try to get a shot at whoever's there.
Umbrafer (11:17:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 3 6 1 4 3 1
Umbrafer (11:17:46 PM): Assuming no TN mods to the dodge test, that's seven successes. If there are mods, well, I don't know what they are.
EverGuard4 (11:18:14 PM): (how do you count?)
Thematrian1 (11:18:30 PM): I'm assessing a +2 "wow is the van slow or what?" penalty. You still escape the lightning bolt, which for all its majesty wasn't very well aimed.
Thematrian1 (11:18:46 PM): (He gets -a lot for being a rigger on all vehicle tests. Including the Dodge ones)
Thematrian1 (11:18:52 PM): (seriously)
Thematrian1 (11:19:00 PM): (It's against handling, not 4)
Umbrafer (11:19:07 PM): (Yep, TN Handling)
EverGuard4 (11:19:12 PM): (um...
EverGuard4 (11:19:17 PM): seriously?!
Umbrafer (11:19:26 PM): (And yes, that's the way we've been treating it in the Saturday games too)
Thematrian1 (11:19:32 PM): (Yeah. Isn't that nuts)
EverGuard4 (11:19:43 PM): um... to the best of my knowledge, I've always reported successes as 4+
Thematrian1 (11:19:55 PM): (Guys, guys, you're in the same house. Take it there.)
Umbrafer (11:20:04 PM): (We aren't, this time)
EverGuard4 (11:20:10 PM): (sorry)
Thematrian1 (11:21:08 PM): You step around the corner and shoot the person on the other side. He doesn't get a chance to react.
Thematrian1 (11:21:10 PM): (Blake does)
MilesMk1 (11:21:18 PM): Who is it?
Thematrian1 (11:21:25 PM): It's another dead guy, pretty far advanced by the look of him.
Umbrafer (11:21:43 PM): (Can Blake detect him by the smell?)
MilesMk1 (11:21:51 PM): Ah. Two three round bursts.
MilesMk1 (11:21:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 2 1 5 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:21:56 PM): (actually no. These guys are odorless)
Thematrian1 (11:21:57 PM): hang on
Thematrian1 (11:22:12 PM): before you decide, I should let you know that his two buddies aren't quite as decomposed
MilesMk1 (11:22:21 PM): Oh.
MilesMk1 (11:22:39 PM): Who are they?
Thematrian1 (11:23:00 PM): They're still rotting, just not very. They're fresh zombies, or something.
Thematrian1 (11:23:14 PM): They've all got the same cheap SMG; the guy in charge must have bought them in bulk.
MilesMk1 (11:23:25 PM): So, there's three enemies around the corner? How far from me?
MilesMk1 (11:23:33 PM): And how far from one another?
MilesMk1 (11:23:59 PM): #Fuck. Three zombies.#
Thematrian1 (11:24:19 PM): ~3 meters and shoulder to shoulder, respectively
MilesMk1 (11:26:10 PM): If I move straight back, how much room can I put between me and them before I run into the wall?
Thematrian1 (11:26:31 PM): Lots; you're at a four-way intersection.
MilesMk1 (11:27:13 PM): (Basically, I want to move back behind the gun drone, firing a grenade at the center zombie if I can get at least 5 meters away and still have LOS.)
Thematrian1 (11:27:50 PM): (Yes, that is doable)
MilesMk1 (11:28:09 PM): Ok, I do that.
MilesMk1 (11:28:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 5 1 1 4 3
Thematrian1 (11:29:03 PM): *wham* 2d6 scatter, right?
MilesMk1 (11:29:16 PM): 1d6, grenade link.
Thematrian1 (11:29:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 4 3 6
Thematrian1 (11:29:28 PM): argh
Thematrian1 (11:29:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (11:29:51 PM): You have many successes, so the grenade is right on target.
Thematrian1 (11:29:59 PM): damage code?
MilesMk1 (11:30:00 PM): 15S
MilesMk1 (11:30:20 PM): Drops by 1 per every .5 meter.
Thematrian1 (11:31:43 PM): Yikes. Well, the zombies are not happy; one of them lost his legs. Initiative
MilesMk1 (11:31:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 5
MilesMk1 (11:31:59 PM): 18
Thematrian1 (11:33:20 PM): Blake acts first
MilesMk1 (11:33:39 PM): How far from the corner am I now?
Thematrian1 (11:35:07 PM): ~8m
MilesMk1 (11:35:59 PM): Hmm... Ok, I wait for them to come to me.
MilesMk1 (11:36:23 PM): First one around the corner gets a 3-round burst.
Thematrian1 (11:37:09 PM): The first one comes around. You blast him. Roll it
MilesMk1 (11:37:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 3
Thematrian1 (11:38:35 PM): Three APDS, straight to the face. The zombie drops and doesn't move.
Thematrian1 (11:38:43 PM): The second one gets a shot at you...
Thematrian1 (11:38:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 4 5 6
Thematrian1 (11:38:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (11:39:12 PM): Do I have cover from the shield drone?
Thematrian1 (11:39:18 PM): Yep. Attempting to dodge?
MilesMk1 (11:39:26 PM): I am.
MilesMk1 (11:39:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 1
MilesMk1 (11:39:33 PM): Gah.
Thematrian1 (11:39:38 PM): (Yes, without cover this would be really bad)
Thematrian1 (11:39:51 PM): Again, it's hardly elegant, but you dive behind the drone and avoid the burst of gunfire
Thematrian1 (11:40:44 PM): The third zombie fails to emerge. You get to act again
Thematrian1 (11:41:02 PM): Alex: doing anything new and exciting?
Umbrafer (11:41:22 PM): What's the situation like topside? Any action from the giant face?
Thematrian1 (11:41:37 PM): It merely watches the van.
MilesMk1 (11:41:39 PM): I shoot the zombie with a three-round burst, then another one, if it needs it.
MilesMk1 (11:41:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 3 4 6
Umbrafer (11:42:31 PM): Nothing new or exciting, then. Still the Van of Penultimate Slowness?
Thematrian1 (11:42:40 PM): Ultimate, in fact, yeah
Umbrafer (11:43:09 PM): Not quite ultimate ;)
Umbrafer (11:44:14 PM): Well then, I'm waiting for events.
Thematrian1 (11:44:16 PM): This zombie collapses, too, like its strings have been cut. Weird how easy these are.
Thematrian1 (11:44:40 PM): Still trundling at your 6mph down the runway
Thematrian1 (11:47:11 PM): The zombies lie in a pile.
MilesMk1 (11:47:54 PM): I move around the corner to make sure the third one was dead too.
Thematrian1 (11:48:27 PM): It fails to try to shoot you as you move around the corner, so presumably it's inanimate now.
Thematrian1 (11:48:34 PM): Interestingly, all three of these zombies were Orks
MilesMk1 (11:48:55 PM): Racist bastard.
MilesMk1 (11:49:10 PM): Any of them show any signs of having had cyber in life?
Thematrian1 (11:49:26 PM): How carefully are you looking?
MilesMk1 (11:49:58 PM): Um... spend a minute or so, if no one comes to kill me.
Thematrian1 (11:50:28 PM): No one does. One of them has rents in his forearms where cyberspurs might once have lived. The other two are cleans as far as you can tell.
Umbrafer (11:50:45 PM): Giant Face doing anything?
MilesMk1 (11:51:05 PM): Ok... Anything of interest down the corridor they were waiting in?
Thematrian1 (11:52:32 PM): A little walking brings you to a small gym.
Thematrian1 (11:52:57 PM): The wind picks up. The rain is coming down in sheets, now.
MilesMk1 (11:53:10 PM): Anything of not in there?
Thematrian1 (11:53:26 PM): Nothing moving is inside; you can see where the equipment is supposed to go but almost all is missing.
MilesMk1 (11:53:42 PM): OK... back to the main corridor, and resuming the tour.
Thematrian1 (11:54:05 PM): Traveling down the central corridor a bit further?
MilesMk1 (11:54:16 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (11:55:42 PM): You travel. Nothing tries to kill you. Roll perception.
MilesMk1 (11:56:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 5 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:56:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:57:04 PM): All is quiet
MilesMk1 (11:57:36 PM): I check more of the corridors for things of interest, and if I don't find anything, keep moving.
Umbrafer (12:01:05 AM): *Vrrrm*
Thematrian1 (12:01:26 AM): This whole area is dead boring; it seems to be nothing but bathrooms and bunk rooms
MilesMk1 (12:02:10 AM): Moving on, until I see something of interest or something tries to kill me.
Thematrian1 (12:02:55 AM): There are many, many branching hallways. A thorough search will take a long time.
MilesMk1 (12:03:19 AM): In that case, I try to stick to the main hallway and keep moving.
Thematrian1 (12:03:58 AM): ::nod:: After several minutes, you reach a T-intersection.
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MilesMk1 (12:04:24 AM): from which direction? The bottom of the T, or one of the sides?
Thematrian1 (12:05:13 AM): The bottom. Your hallway has come to an end
MilesMk1 (12:05:42 AM): Ah-hah.
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MilesMk1 (12:06:10 AM): Umm... As much as I'd like to finish this, is everyone still up for playing?
Thematrian1 (12:06:30 AM): I'm losing track of what's going on, I admit.
Umbrafer (12:06:49 AM): Uh? What?
Thematrian1 (12:06:53 AM): yeah
Umbrafer (12:07:19 AM): Where the hell's my roof...
Thematrian1 (12:08:15 AM): Well gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, I'll see you in seven days' time.
Thematrian1 (12:08:18 AM): (It's way later than I thought)
MilesMk1 (12:08:38 AM): Thank you...
MilesMk1 (12:08:51 AM): And I assume this Thursday we are not playing, right?
Umbrafer (12:09:00 AM): Indeed.
CirclMastr (12:09:02 AM): That'd be a good assumption.
Thematrian1 (12:09:19 AM): <----got lucky when they were handing out game days
MilesMk1 (12:09:32 AM): Ok... See you all in a week. Have a good Turkey Day.
CirclMastr (12:09:41 AM): Night all
Umbrafer (12:09:46 AM): And to you as well. Don't eat any high-sulpher compounds.
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MilesMk1 (12:10:04 AM): I won't. Goodnight.
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Umbrafer (12:14:10 AM): Out of interest, Seiler, I don't suppose you either did not receive or have been replying to my message in the IM window?.
Thematrian1 (12:14:26 AM): messages?
Thematrian1 (12:14:43 AM): I have nothing from Umbrafer, and only responses from Vernjonal
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Umbrafer (12:15:44 AM): "Incidentally, can you tell me what the guy was? Feel free to say no, but his apparently following regeneration rules caught me off-guard"
Thematrian1 (12:15:59 AM): oh
Thematrian1 (12:16:04 AM): yeah, I got that one
Thematrian1 (12:16:07 AM): from Vernjonal
Thematrian1 (12:16:09 AM): and replied to it
Thematrian1 (12:17:18 AM): which is awfully weird
Umbrafer (12:17:23 AM): Didn't receive the reply. Ah well.
Thematrian1 (12:17:33 AM): Thematrian1: He was following them before, too.
Thematrian1 (12:17:41 AM): not informative, I know
Umbrafer (12:17:47 AM): I know
Umbrafer (12:20:06 AM): But there are a limited number of things I can think of offhand that follow regen. Shifters are out, as are Shedim, which leaves... I don't know what that leaves. I don't remember the corps cadaver stats.
Umbrafer (12:24:48 AM): Anyway, sleep well. You have posed a perplexing puzzle. May the malloc() package go better, and do let me know what the problem is when you figure it out.
Thematrian1 (12:25:03 AM): blargh. I'm not at all sure that I will.
Thematrian1 (12:25:11 AM): Have a nice evening; I'm staying up until 2:30
Umbrafer (12:25:17 AM): Eesh.
Thematrian1 (12:25:30 AM): My roommate needs to get up then to get on his taxi to get on his plane
Umbrafer (12:25:43 AM): Also eesh.
Umbrafer (12:28:27 AM): Well, good luck again. *Waves*
Thematrian1 (12:28:35 AM): sleep soundly
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