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Umbrafer (8:43:48 PM): French Privateers seem more likely
MilesMk1 (8:44:34 PM): (BTW, I looked at some logs, and I'd just like to say that I really don't talk nearly as much in RL as they'd seem to indicate - but rather, it's all due to the fact my computer is set up in a way that doesn't let me watch TV
MilesMk1 (8:44:39 PM): in the background.)
Dragcrell (8:44:39 PM): hard to say realy but then your only a pirate when you was plundering your nations rival ;3 other wise you was a Privateer lol
MilesMk1 (8:44:48 PM): (So I fill in the void....:))
Thematrian1 (8:45:59 PM): (aha. Well, you're very quotable, so it works out)
MilesMk1 (8:48:20 PM): (Thanks... Well, my oder of buffalo wings just arrived, so I'll probably be quiter than normal as I try to type one-handed.)
MilesMk1 (8:48:47 PM): quieter
MilesMk1 (8:50:36 PM): (BTW, those of you playing freeciv might have noticed the poles finally left their island0
Thematrian1 (8:50:44 PM): (Whee!)
Thematrian1 (8:52:10 PM): so, when we left our heroes, they'd just rolled initiative, IIRC?
MilesMk1 (8:52:37 PM): i think so, but don't recall what it was
MilesMk1 (8:53:26 PM): Gedeon IIRC jut took a light, a manaball crisped evil chick, ork ducked behind table...
Thematrian1 (8:53:40 PM): well, that's what logs are for. Jon?
Umbrafer (8:53:55 PM): Coming right up.
Umbrafer (8:54:50 PM): One of these days I'll remember to post them after the session again.
Thematrian1 (8:55:03 PM): yeah, well, we love you anyway
Umbrafer (8:56:18 PM): Up, grabbing URL
MilesMk1 (8:56:19 PM): even though you tried to kill us ull with grenade
Umbrafer (8:56:36 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%2011-29-05.html
Dragcrell (8:56:49 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 6
Dragcrell (8:56:57 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (8:57:08 PM): I think it was more of a mine
Umbrafer (8:57:15 PM): *Suddenly realizes how helpless Alex is when jacked in, and how bad it could be if the Thursday group were to TPK… ;) )
Thematrian1 (8:59:28 PM): ok, so we have Blake in the hallway, Gedeon lying down as though very injured, blond woman crisped and unhappy, troll on the table with an arm missing, Danish Ork behind the perating table
MilesMk1 (9:00:13 PM): we actually didn't roll init
MilesMk1 (9:00:20 PM): /roll-dice 3
Thematrian1 (9:00:25 PM): yeah, we just did the surprise round
MilesMk1 (9:00:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 1
Thematrian1 (9:00:30 PM): so: initiatives please
MilesMk1 (9:00:34 PM): fuck
MilesMk1 (9:00:37 PM): 14
Gedeon Ogoun (9:00:43 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:00:45 PM): well, at least you're not exposed to the inevitable counterattacks
Thematrian1 (9:00:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 6 2 5 5 5 5 3 6 5 4 6 1
Gedeon Ogoun (9:00:53 PM): 23
Thematrian1 (9:02:22 PM): ok. The spirit pulses in your astral senses, Gedeon, but you're not sure what it did. Gedeon's turn
Thematrian1 (9:02:24 PM): wait
Thematrian1 (9:02:30 PM): Alex, you're not in position
Thematrian1 (9:02:36 PM): but will be soon, so give me some init
Umbrafer (9:03:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:03:23 PM): 49
Umbrafer (9:03:24 PM): Aw man, stupid wound mods
Umbrafer (9:03:41 PM): 27
MilesMk1 (9:03:42 PM): 39?
Umbrafer (9:03:44 PM): After mods
MilesMk1 (9:03:44 PM): ah
Thematrian1 (9:03:50 PM): curses
Thematrian1 (9:03:53 PM): Alex, you're up
Umbrafer (9:03:53 PM): I'd have gotten that fourth action if not for the mods
Umbrafer (9:04:23 PM): *Position position position*
Umbrafer (9:04:30 PM): If that doesn't take actions, two Observe in Details
Umbrafer (9:04:47 PM): One of the movements of the women I locked earlier, the other of the area I'm positioning to.
Thematrian1 (9:04:55 PM): that's movement, you think you have the spot picked out but without Accelerating you'll need the full Turn to get there
Umbrafer (9:05:09 PM): Then scratch that, acceleration test.
Thematrian1 (9:05:16 PM): go for it
Umbrafer (9:05:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 1 3 3 1 6 1
Umbrafer (9:05:33 PM): TN 4 + 4 - 6 = 2, before other mods
Thematrian1 (9:07:10 PM): ok. You'll be there...at the end of this phase, if I'm doing the math right. You'll need another Accel test to _stop_ there, but no worries
Thematrian1 (9:07:49 PM): Gedeon
Gedeon Ogoun (9:07:51 PM): okay...manabolt the chick
Umbrafer (9:07:51 PM): Burning two out of three phases is better than burning all three.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:08:16 PM): force 6, base damage M
Gedeon Ogoun (9:08:31 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 13 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 2 5 1 6 1 4 5 6 3 3
Gedeon Ogoun (9:08:51 PM): I have an L wound, too, unfortunately
Gedeon Ogoun (9:08:54 PM): drain..
Gedeon Ogoun (9:09:25 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 1 4 2 4 2 3 3
Gedeon Ogoun (9:09:48 PM): no drain
Thematrian1 (9:09:53 PM): check
Thematrian1 (9:10:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 5 1 1 5 5 3 3 5 2 4 2 1
Thematrian1 (9:10:44 PM): she gasps, and shrinks away from you. Her hair doesn't get any more charred, though
Thematrian1 (9:11:14 PM): Blake
MilesMk1 (9:11:45 PM): visible targets?
Thematrian1 (9:12:13 PM): you're still in the hall, so none
Thematrian1 (9:12:18 PM): you could grenade your enemies and allies at one go
MilesMk1 (9:12:37 PM): tempting...
Umbrafer (9:12:44 PM): (You can make it a habit ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:12:57 PM): i
MilesMk1 (9:13:08 PM): i'm sorry, give me one sec'
Dragcrell (9:13:34 PM): (lol some one snorted there Drink I bet)
MilesMk1 (9:14:25 PM): No, I just needed to wash my hands, this one-hand crap sucked.
MilesMk1 (9:15:07 PM): Ok, as far as Blake knows, they just shot Gedeon. Blake moves forward in order to kill the guy with the AR.
MilesMk1 (9:15:41 PM): But only as far as he needs to, so as not to give up cover from the edges of the hole entirely.
Thematrian1 (9:15:54 PM): Check. You step to the doorway. Conditions are as I described; the guy with the AK is not in sight
MilesMk1 (9:16:00 PM): (I almost said "I take a 5' step"... :))
Thematrian1 (9:16:24 PM): (Hehehe, did your prison game change systems?)
MilesMk1 (9:16:47 PM): (Actually, not playing in that one anymore. Switched to a very *fun* D&D game on Fridays.)
Thematrian1 (9:16:57 PM): (Good times)
MilesMk1 (9:17:12 PM): Ok... In this case, I shoot the visible targets.
Thematrian1 (9:17:22 PM): that'd be the woman, basically
MilesMk1 (9:17:36 PM): Ah. Right, I don't see the spirit?
Thematrian1 (9:17:38 PM): no
MilesMk1 (9:17:46 PM): Ok... 3-round burst.
MilesMk1 (9:17:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 1 4 5
Thematrian1 (9:17:54 PM): oof
MilesMk1 (9:17:56 PM): 5 successes
MilesMk1 (9:18:01 PM): 13S
Thematrian1 (9:18:05 PM): she tries to dodge
Thematrian1 (9:18:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 2 3 1 1 4 4 2 5 1 1 2 5
Umbrafer (9:18:18 PM): Praise be for the +1 TN
Thematrian1 (9:18:25 PM): too bad wound mods influence that, huh?
Umbrafer (9:18:29 PM): There's that too
MilesMk1 (9:18:30 PM): Yes, awful.
Thematrian1 (9:18:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 4 6 1 1 2 2 6 6 6 6 4 5
Thematrian1 (9:19:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 2 3 1 3 3 4 6 5 3 1 6 5
Thematrian1 (9:19:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 2 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:19:33 PM): *genuinely angry* "You're next, motherfucker!"
Thematrian1 (9:19:51 PM): It looks like she's not going to make it. But as you bring your weapon into line she sort of slumps, and your fire does terrible things to the wall behind her ears.
MilesMk1 (9:20:08 PM): Damn it.
MilesMk1 (9:20:11 PM): Another one.
MilesMk1 (9:20:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 2 4 3
MilesMk1 (9:20:21 PM): 5 successes
Thematrian1 (9:20:29 PM): not having enough karma pool to do that again, she tries to soak
Thematrian1 (9:20:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 2 5 1 4 5 3 1 3 3 6 5 4
Thematrian1 (9:20:34 PM): haha, no
MilesMk1 (9:20:36 PM): 13S
Thematrian1 (9:21:44 PM): her blood splatters the wall behind her. She's still alive, and will be for perhaps ten more seconds
Thematrian1 (9:23:27 PM): Blake: behind you you hear the Danish Ork standing up. He fires at you.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:23:41 PM): behind you?
MilesMk1 (9:23:42 PM): Behind me?
Thematrian1 (9:23:57 PM): yeah, the operating table and the woman are on opposite sides of the door
MilesMk1 (9:24:07 PM): I thought I was at the edge of the room, at the hole I blasted?
Thematrian1 (9:24:19 PM): ok, ok, on your other side
MilesMk1 (9:24:27 PM): Either way, if I know he's there and can react... Sorry. ;)
Thematrian1 (9:24:30 PM): (pick on a guy's flavor text why don't cha)
MilesMk1 (9:24:56 PM): (Well, I was momentarily worried he somehow flanked me.)
Thematrian1 (9:25:06 PM): (Except that you can't flank at range)
Thematrian1 (9:25:09 PM): (Or, at all in this game)
Thematrian1 (9:25:32 PM): anyway, he shoots you, then he shoots you some more
Thematrian1 (9:25:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 2 1 3
MilesMk1 (9:25:48 PM): Gotta love partial cover...
Thematrian1 (9:25:57 PM): yeah, don't touch your metaphorical dice
Thematrian1 (9:26:02 PM): he chews up the doorframe
Thematrian1 (9:26:10 PM): Then he tries it again...
Thematrian1 (9:26:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 4 3 3 2 2 6 4 5 6 2 5 2 2 6
Thematrian1 (9:26:32 PM): and messes with the doorframe some more.
Umbrafer (9:26:43 PM): Poor doorframe.
Thematrian1 (9:27:39 PM): Blake: roll Willpower
MilesMk1 (9:27:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:27:50 PM): Karma.
Thematrian1 (9:27:54 PM): reroll all of them
MilesMk1 (9:27:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 5 1 4 5 4
MilesMk1 (9:28:02 PM): Shit...
Thematrian1 (9:28:11 PM): I think you're out of karma, anyway
MilesMk1 (9:28:22 PM): 1 more left, but I'd need 2 to roll again.
Thematrian1 (9:28:32 PM): check. Anyway, nothing happens
Thematrian1 (9:28:53 PM): Alex's turn
MilesMk1 (9:30:30 PM): (If we stay here long enough, I think I really will dump the ~50 karma into my Willpower that I'll need to take it to 10.:))
Gedeon Ogoun (9:31:28 PM): (I could get you to 12 with a little voodoo..:>)
MilesMk1 (9:31:49 PM): (Does it involve losing my free will and shambling a lot?)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:32:05 PM): (Ha! No, that comes after you get killed...:)
Umbrafer (9:32:11 PM): Decelerate to avoid overflying target area.
Umbrafer (9:32:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 2 2 2 3 6 2 1
Umbrafer (9:32:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Umbrafer (9:32:45 PM): Should be same TN.
Thematrian1 (9:33:06 PM): done and done. You're there. If you understand the relative positions correctly, you're facing one of the walls of the room where all the excitement is presently taking place
MilesMk1 (9:33:09 PM): (Either someone running the "Alternative Rock" internet station on MSN radio has gotten very confused, or Depeche Mode not only aren't dead, they made a record...)
Thematrian1 (9:33:11 PM): no windows, alas
Thematrian1 (9:33:23 PM): (dammit, Gedeon)
Umbrafer (9:33:34 PM): ( :) )
Gedeon Ogoun (9:33:38 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (9:33:50 PM): (Which, doesn't seem to be a good thing, so far.)
Thematrian1 (9:33:56 PM): (If you're going to reanimate alt rock bands into a hideous semblence of life, could you pick better ones?)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:34:43 PM): (the next airplane full of Troll headbangers that goes into a mountain and I think I'll be packing the snowshoes...)
Thematrian1 (9:35:02 PM): (Speaking of, you'd better get that other corpse out of the trunk of your jackrabbit before it spoils)
Thematrian1 (9:35:04 PM): anyway
Thematrian1 (9:35:07 PM): Gedeon is up now
Gedeon Ogoun (9:35:16 PM): is the spirit still kickin?
Thematrian1 (9:35:19 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:35:26 PM): It tried to do something to Blake a few seconds ago
Gedeon Ogoun (9:35:33 PM): I'll try to banish
Thematrian1 (9:35:41 PM): ok, go for it
Gedeon Ogoun (9:36:01 PM): (If I recall I just roll the old conjuring dice against its force...right?
Thematrian1 (9:36:08 PM): (Yep)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:36:11 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 3 1 6
Gedeon Ogoun (9:36:20 PM): my Charisma is 8
Thematrian1 (9:36:21 PM): (Your TN is its force, its TN is your Magic)
Umbrafer (9:36:25 PM): #Stay clear of the exterior wall.#
Gedeon Ogoun (9:36:30 PM): oh...thought it was Cha
Dragcrell (9:36:35 PM): (gha need to get a new cushion for my wooden comp chair I think)
Thematrian1 (9:36:46 PM): (Sadly, no; my cybered conjurer found that out on Thursday, to her sorrow)
Thematrian1 (9:36:56 PM): (Your magic is 6 anyway, right?)
Thematrian1 (9:36:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 3 2 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 2 1 3 5 4
Umbrafer (9:37:00 PM): (You came out ok.)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:37:01 PM): right
Thematrian1 (9:37:12 PM): (Yeah, but I couldn't Banish the Fire elemental like I planned to)
Umbrafer (9:37:21 PM): (True enough)
Umbrafer (9:37:29 PM): (Look on the bright side—it can't banish you)
MilesMk1 (9:37:39 PM): (Just Engulf.)
Thematrian1 (9:37:47 PM): ouch. You have caught the spirit in a contest of wills, and it is not getting the better end of the bargain. Already its exterior bits are fraying away, lost in the ether.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:37:52 PM): If it could banish me out of Chicago I'd let it...:>
Thematrian1 (9:38:02 PM): Blake: Gedeon is definitely awake, and focusing on something over the dying woman's head
Thematrian1 (9:38:18 PM): Gedeon: will there be another round of banishing combat?
Gedeon Ogoun (9:38:26 PM): why yes, yes there will
Gedeon Ogoun (9:38:31 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 1 2 2
Thematrian1 (9:38:53 PM): (It actually can't Engulf either; it can't do anything until the banishing is over)
Thematrian1 (9:39:05 PM): Gedeon: that doesn't happen until your next action
Thematrian1 (9:39:09 PM): Until then it can't act
Umbrafer (9:39:10 PM): The next round happens on the next… yeah.
Umbrafer (9:39:15 PM): But neither can it!
MilesMk1 (9:39:17 PM): (Oh. I meant the fire elemental. ;))
Thematrian1 (9:39:28 PM): (Oh, yeah. It totally could)
Thematrian1 (9:40:07 PM): Blake, it's all you
MilesMk1 (9:40:10 PM): Blake feels a small amount of relief through the red haze, and turns around to finish the job.
MilesMk1 (9:40:39 PM): I see the Danish Ork?
Thematrian1 (9:40:41 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:40:47 PM): he's got partial cover, just like you
MilesMk1 (9:40:52 PM): Right, right...
MilesMk1 (9:40:59 PM): Ok. 3-round burst.
MilesMk1 (9:41:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 6 6 1 2 5 3 5
MilesMk1 (9:41:07 PM): 2 successes.
MilesMk1 (9:41:17 PM): TN 5 to dodge. Let him have fun. :)
Thematrian1 (9:41:28 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:41:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 6 4 4 2 4 5 1 4 5 2 2 2
Gedeon Ogoun (9:41:51 PM): plus any wounds from grenades and powerball
Thematrian1 (9:41:59 PM): Yeah, he's had a lousy time
MilesMk1 (9:42:21 PM): Is this Robin, by any chance, now that I can see his face close up?
Thematrian1 (9:42:41 PM): he does try to dodge, and it almost works. Unfortunately, his dodge winds up putting his collarbone on a line with your burst. He collapses behind the table, gurgling.
MilesMk1 (9:43:23 PM): #Gedeon, you're ok?# *scans the area for further threats*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:43:32 PM): *grunts*
Thematrian1 (9:43:40 PM): From your backpack: #Gedeon, you're ok?#
MilesMk1 (9:43:56 PM): I hate that thing. ;)
Umbrafer (9:45:36 PM): As do we all.
Thematrian1 (9:47:25 PM): third actions: Alex?
Umbrafer (9:48:45 PM): Hm. Six-round burst through the wall at a high angle, so that if it gets through it hits the floor and not, say, Gedeon/Blake.
Thematrian1 (9:50:06 PM): ok. Roll, and give me the power
Umbrafer (9:50:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 3 6 1 1 4 6 5 4 6
Umbrafer (9:50:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 4
Umbrafer (9:50:42 PM): Base power 9S, adjusted 15D
Thematrian1 (9:51:43 PM): You shoot the wall. It chips a bit, but you don't penetrate
Umbrafer (9:52:21 PM): C'est la vie. Hopefully they can get along without me in there.
Thematrian1 (9:53:44 PM): Gedeon, you're up
MilesMk1 (9:53:53 PM): Banish the bastard!
Gedeon Ogoun (9:54:00 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 5 5 5
Thematrian1 (9:54:03 PM): oof
Thematrian1 (9:54:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 1 3 6 1 1 4 4 6 4 4 3 4
Gedeon Ogoun (9:54:19 PM): (I like the sound of that 'oof')
Thematrian1 (9:54:38 PM): The spirit shrieks, though only Gedeon can hear it. In a few moments, it frays away into nothingness
Gedeon Ogoun (9:54:55 PM): *laughin*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:55:02 PM): *g*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:55:15 PM): *getting up, dusting off jacket*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:55:42 PM): "Are you hurt?"
MilesMk1 (9:56:12 PM): "I'm fine. Is that all of them?"
Gedeon Ogoun (9:56:28 PM): *quick astral perception of the area*
MilesMk1 (9:56:55 PM): "Might want to let Alex know what's up..."
MilesMk1 (9:57:03 PM): "Had me worried there, for a moment."
Gedeon Ogoun (9:57:17 PM): "What, the ork?"
Thematrian1 (9:57:20 PM): The astral is clean, though there are several residual astral signatures over by the circle burned into the floor
MilesMk1 (9:57:35 PM): *checks the bodies to make sure they're dead, and checks the room for threats*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:57:38 PM): *going over to magician lady's body*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:57:50 PM): *searching, looking for anything magical*
MilesMk1 (9:57:56 PM): If that turns out to be negative, I'm going to quickly go back down, and get Jeremy over to us.
MilesMk1 (9:58:02 PM): I don't like leaving him alone.
MilesMk1 (9:58:37 PM): Also, I take a look at the ork... Was it Robin, or someone else?
Thematrian1 (9:59:10 PM): The ork was not Robin. The guy on the operating table is. He's also not alive; he must have bled to death at some point during the fight.
MilesMk1 (9:59:20 PM): Robin was a troll?
Umbrafer (9:59:24 PM): Aw crap.
MilesMk1 (9:59:24 PM): Holy shit.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:59:43 PM): (dead Troll meat...hmmm)
MilesMk1 (9:59:47 PM): I don't recall cutting his arm off... Must have been the grenades...
Thematrian1 (9:59:49 PM): (Gedeon, there's a...yep)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:00:28 PM): (oh, what I'd do for a hounfour right about now...)
MilesMk1 (10:00:46 PM): (If I thought I was facing a TROLL with a bow... Damn.)
Thematrian1 (10:00:59 PM): (Yeah, too bad he never at any point got an action, huh?)
MilesMk1 (10:01:28 PM): (Hey... So the grenade was a good idea. ;))
MilesMk1 (10:02:12 PM): (I'm not whining, I'm just being suitably scared now, about 3 weeks too late.)
Umbrafer (10:02:40 PM): (I never remembered he wasn't a Troll, so it worked out for me)
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): (Heh heh heh. The grenade did work out well for you)
Thematrian1 (10:03:19 PM): So: we're out of initiative.
Thematrian1 (10:03:20 PM): Actions?
Umbrafer (10:03:48 PM): #Did you find him?
Umbrafer (10:03:48 PM): #
MilesMk1 (10:03:51 PM): See above... If the room is clear, I go bring up Jeremy, and keep an ear out for any survivng bad guys.
Umbrafer (10:05:00 PM): #Anyone important alive in there? We need answers.#
MilesMk1 (10:05:01 PM): Oh, and I turn off this stupid things in my backpack.
Thematrian1 (10:05:09 PM): click
MilesMk1 (10:05:13 PM): thing
Thematrian1 (10:05:15 PM): The stuff attached to it turns off too
Thematrian1 (10:05:19 PM): or, at least
Thematrian1 (10:05:22 PM): the little lights blink off
Gedeon Ogoun (10:05:28 PM): *searching bodies, room*
MilesMk1 (10:06:13 PM): #Uh... I, uh, might have overreacted when Gedeon looked like he went down.#
Umbrafer (10:06:31 PM): #Anyone we can patch up long enough to talk to?#
Thematrian1 (10:06:34 PM): The woman's clutching a small figurine of an indistinct figure with horns. She's got an ares predator in her back pocket, too, but it's unloaded
MilesMk1 (10:06:44 PM): #Hmm...#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:06:55 PM): *astral scan of figure*
MilesMk1 (10:07:02 PM): #There's an unconscious guy in the closet, but he's a grunt.#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:07:21 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 3 5 6 3 1
Gedeon Ogoun (10:07:28 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 1
Umbrafer (10:07:29 PM): $#Oh, and tell Blake to switch his radio off for a few seconds.#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:07:43 PM): #Blake, switch off for a few seconds#
MilesMk1 (10:07:55 PM): *switches off for a few seconds*
Umbrafer (10:08:08 PM): $#Not what I meant. Clear that channel.#
MilesMk1 (10:08:41 PM): *does that, whatever it means*
Gedeon Ogoun (10:08:44 PM): #Clear that channel, whatever that means#
MilesMk1 (10:08:49 PM): Haha...
Thematrian1 (10:10:06 PM): A few seconds pass.
Thematrian1 (10:10:12 PM): Then a few more.
Umbrafer (10:10:44 PM): $#Everyone off that channel?#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:10:59 PM): $#I guess so#
Umbrafer (10:14:17 PM): *Pours all sorts of signal down the hopefully now-empty channel we were using for unencrypted comm*
Thematrian1 (10:16:23 PM): time passes
MilesMk1 (10:16:46 PM): Do I recover Jeremy?
Umbrafer (10:16:48 PM): *Finishes up* $#There we go.#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:17:04 PM): *I pocket the figurine* and keep looking the room over*
Thematrian1 (10:17:09 PM): (one moment)
EverGuard4 has entered the chat room.

EverGuard4 (10:21:36 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (10:21:55 PM): Hey.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:22:01 PM): shhhh....
EverGuard4 (10:22:03 PM): o good
EverGuard4 (10:22:17 PM): I'm not actually d/ced
MilesMk1 (10:22:47 PM): No, just a lull while the GM is busy with something. ;)
Umbrafer (10:22:59 PM): Hopefully not fire again.
MilesMk1 (10:23:00 PM): Your character is still alive, as far as we know.
EverGuard4 (10:23:12 PM): cool
MilesMk1 (10:23:25 PM): And we seem to have finally eradicated the forces of evil.
Umbrafer (10:24:19 PM): Unfortunately a bit too completely
Umbrafer (10:24:23 PM): And that sniper's still out there
Umbrafer (10:24:36 PM): We need to grab him
Thematrian1 (10:25:34 PM): (Wow. That was some lag)
Umbrafer (10:26:00 PM): (Heh, ouch)
Thematrian1 (10:27:57 PM): Yeah, Rock is fine. He stayed down the hallway, out of the action.
MilesMk1 (10:29:08 PM): (I didn't really have much choice in that situation... She was a mage, and there was another guy with an AR... Still sort of unfortunate.)
Umbrafer (10:29:24 PM): (I understand)
MilesMk1 (10:29:33 PM): *jumps up and down* And Jeremy?
EverGuard4 (10:29:48 PM): *follows whered the duff/mahe went*
MilesMk1 (10:30:00 PM): duff/mahe?
Thematrian1 (10:30:03 PM): you do so
Thematrian1 (10:30:05 PM): (Dwarf and Mage)
Umbrafer (10:30:27 PM): (Myth slang and typo)
EverGuard4 (10:30:36 PM): it's the one-handed bit
EverGuard4 (10:32:14 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 2 5 4 1 3 2
Thematrian1 (10:36:12 PM): actions?
Umbrafer (10:36:24 PM): *Checks in on the two locked folk*
Umbrafer (10:36:34 PM): *Also checking back in on Trickster*
Umbrafer (10:36:43 PM): (Or his blood-trail, as appropriate)
MilesMk1 (10:36:47 PM): Checking in on Jeremy?
Thematrian1 (10:37:01 PM): Jeremy is fine
Gedeon Ogoun (10:37:06 PM): I'd like to cast treat on myself
Thematrian1 (10:37:07 PM): And glad to see you
Thematrian1 (10:37:09 PM): go for it
Gedeon Ogoun (10:37:21 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 5 1 4 2 5 1
Thematrian1 (10:37:30 PM): goodbye light wound
Gedeon Ogoun (10:37:50 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 5 3 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 3 4 4 2 5
Gedeon Ogoun (10:37:55 PM): goodbye drain
Thematrian1 (10:37:56 PM): it's a familiar sensation by now, your body reverting back to the proper order of things
MilesMk1 (10:38:59 PM): "Looks like we got everyone except for maybe a few of the thugs. Is there any medical gear you want to take with you, now that we have the time?"
Gedeon Ogoun (10:39:32 PM): *taking a look in the cabinets*
Thematrian1 (10:39:56 PM): He nods. "Most of the best things can't be moved, but there's some equipment I could use. Do you have a van, or a truck, or something like that?"
Umbrafer (10:40:14 PM): (Do we ever.)
MilesMk1 (10:41:32 PM): "We have a Citymaster... With some room left."
Thematrian1 (10:42:16 PM): He nods, and gets even more solemn. "Also, if I can find the bodies of my techs, I'd like to bury them."
Umbrafer (10:42:17 PM): (Technically it's a Roadmaster, but the loadout does look a lot closer to a Citymaster these days)
MilesMk1 (10:42:52 PM): "We can check the rest of the premises... Just make sure not to go anywhere on your own."
MilesMk1 (10:43:41 PM): BTW, I also bundle up and get ready for transport any weapons and ammo lying around.
Thematrian1 (10:43:57 PM): ok. The woman had a Predator in her back pocket, unloaded
MilesMk1 (10:44:47 PM): (Don't need to catalogue it right now, if you'd rather not waste time on it?)
MilesMk1 (10:45:17 PM): (Just wanted it on record that I take it. I think we've got to be up to ~30-40 captured weapons by now...)
Thematrian1 (10:45:18 PM): (Scanning the entire place...that's a whole bunch of weapons and ammo, though none too impressive. One sec)
Umbrafer (10:46:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 6 5
Umbrafer (10:46:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 1
Umbrafer (10:46:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:46:36 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 1 6 3 2 5
Umbrafer (10:46:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Dragcrell (10:49:49 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 6
Dragcrell (10:49:57 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 5
Dragcrell (10:50:27 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 3
Umbrafer (10:50:28 PM): $#New targets in the area, just took down some of the gangers. No clue where they came from.#
Thematrian1 (10:50:40 PM): Jeremy enters the room. He eyes the operating table with distate, then crosses to the cabinet on one side wall. He starts sifting through the drawers, pocketing the small stuff.
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Thematrian1 (10:51:42 PM): Jeremy enters the room. He eyes the operating table with distate, then crosses to the cabinet on one side wall. He starts sifting through the drawers, pocketing the small stuff.
Thematrian1 (10:52:01 PM): "They took all the drugs that are even remotely narcotic, but mostly left the equipment alone."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:52:41 PM): $#where are they?#
MilesMk1 (10:53:14 PM): "And God knows where the drugs are now... If there are any left, that is..."
Thematrian1 (10:53:39 PM): "In the blood that you spattered all over the walls, probably."
Thematrian1 (10:53:41 PM): He sounds approving.
Umbrafer (10:54:56 PM): $#Between the barricades, in front of the building.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:04 PM): "There should be trauma patches, the basic stuff. The entire anesthesia collection is shot to hell..."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:55:41 PM): "We've got company..in the barricades in the front of the building"
Gedeon Ogoun (10:55:47 PM): $#how many?#
Umbrafer (10:57:28 PM): $#Two. One just built a rifle from parts in her coat.#
MilesMk1 (10:57:57 PM): "Aw, for fuck's.... Right out front? What are they doing?"
MilesMk1 (10:58:19 PM): "Jeremy, you got any other friends that might come bail you out?"
MilesMk1 (10:58:56 PM): *reloads* "Well, let me go downstairs and say hi, I guess."
Thematrian1 (10:59:11 PM): He shrugs. "I've done work on lots of people, installed some high-end systems."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:59:19 PM): "Let's snipe em from a window
Umbrafer (11:00:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 1 4 6 6 1
Umbrafer (11:00:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 6
Umbrafer (11:00:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (11:00:46 PM): "Why don't you get into position, and I'll go see what they want? I've been killing things for the last five days straight, and I think I need a... break."
Umbrafer (11:01:05 PM): (Bloodlust! Kill them all!)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:01:07 PM): "Okay, but I'm just getting started" *grins*
MilesMk1 (11:01:24 PM): "Can you tell Alex to yell out in the clear if they do something obviously hostile, so I'll know?"
EverGuard4 (11:01:33 PM): (he's going soft again)
MilesMk1 (11:01:44 PM): "Watch out for Jeremy."
MilesMk1 (11:02:12 PM): *heads downstairs and towards the door, gun ready*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:02:19 PM): *finds a window overlooking the entryway*
EverGuard4 (11:03:02 PM): *follows Gedeon*
Umbrafer (11:03:27 PM): $#Looks like she's got a hunting rifle. They don't think much of the ganger weapons, might be pros.#
Thematrian1 (11:03:42 PM): After some wandering, you find, of all things, a bathroom with a small, high window that overlooks the right street.l
MilesMk1 (11:04:20 PM): (Actually... I posted on DS about this, but in the last five or so in-game days, we've killed ~50 metahumans (including undead magicians), 15-20 spirits, and 1 attack helicopter... and Blake did most of the killing.)
Thematrian1 (11:04:38 PM): (Combat fatigue, yeah, I read that thread)
Thematrian1 (11:04:50 PM): (Even people who'd done the Arc were...I guess impressed isn't quite the right word)
MilesMk1 (11:05:03 PM): (Some of them needed to be burned alive before they went down. He's a little frayed around the edges right now.)
Umbrafer (11:05:14 PM): (Yeah, sorry, I've been slacking since I got Narcojected)
Thematrian1 (11:05:37 PM): Out the window, you see a woman with short dark hair and a heavy coat walking away from three ganger corpses
Thematrian1 (11:05:50 PM): they're strewn by the doors, and weren't there when you entered
Umbrafer (11:06:11 PM): (They would have been if it weren't for that #@$%ing sniper)
MilesMk1 (11:06:13 PM): (It's ok.)
MilesMk1 (11:07:01 PM): (I assume Jeremy stays with them, after I asked him not to wander off alone?)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:03 PM): $#I have visual of one of them, a woman with a rifle#
Thematrian1 (11:07:17 PM): Hm. It's either them or you, and you're looting?
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:18 PM): (a rifle, right?)
Thematrian1 (11:07:20 PM): Yeah, he stays with them
Thematrian1 (11:07:26 PM): (No, she has no visible weapons)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:32 PM): assense
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:40 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 4 1 6 4 6
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:49 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 4
Gedeon Ogoun (11:07:54 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 3
MilesMk1 (11:07:59 PM): I try to get a good position on the inside of the building, covering the door.
MilesMk1 (11:08:19 PM): #Keep me in the loop if anything major happens.#
MilesMk1 (11:08:38 PM): (unless that channel is still broadcasting nothign but garbage)
EverGuard4 (11:08:43 PM): *assense* (just cause I can... I know Ged had enough successes for everything)
Thematrian1 (11:08:46 PM): (No, that ended a while ago)
EverGuard4 (11:08:48 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 6
Thematrian1 (11:11:16 PM): The woman strides out of your field of view.
Thematrian1 (11:13:38 PM): Blake: you find and loot a whole bunch of stuff. You also find the bodies, piled up in a closet.
Thematrian1 (11:13:47 PM): They clearly did not die quickly or easily.
Umbrafer (11:14:06 PM): $#They're headed to another building.#
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:07 PM): *I notify Alex of her last seen position, and keep watch*
Thematrian1 (11:14:13 PM): check
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:25 PM): $#Should we ditch out the back?#
MilesMk1 (11:14:57 PM): The bodies of the techs?
Thematrian1 (11:15:14 PM): You expect so. Physical evidence and clothing are consistent.
Thematrian1 (11:15:21 PM): You can, if you wish, invite Jeremy to confirm
MilesMk1 (11:15:36 PM): Not right now - once the situation clears up. (if it ever does)
MilesMk1 (11:15:45 PM): #Status?#
MilesMk1 (11:16:03 PM): #Are they still inside the barricades?#
Gedeon Ogoun (11:16:31 PM): #They have moved to an adjacent building#
MilesMk1 (11:17:27 PM): *positions himself close to the door*
MilesMk1 (11:17:35 PM): #Do we go, or do we wait?#
Thematrian1 (11:17:36 PM): The main doors to the building?
MilesMk1 (11:17:42 PM): Yep.
MilesMk1 (11:17:47 PM): Why....?
MilesMk1 (11:18:00 PM): (aside from the fact you're the GM and might want to know...)
Thematrian1 (11:18:10 PM): (It's good information to have, yeah.)
Thematrian1 (11:19:14 PM): Blake, Rock, Gedeon: Perception
Gedeon Ogoun (11:19:23 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 3 6 4 3 3
Gedeon Ogoun (11:19:29 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:19:35 PM): $#Setting a charge on some locked doors, looks like)
Umbrafer (11:19:36 PM): *#
EverGuard4 (11:19:46 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 2 3 5 2 2 5
MilesMk1 (11:19:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 4 6 2
Thematrian1 (11:19:50 PM): *whump*
MilesMk1 (11:19:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Thematrian1 (11:19:57 PM): something exploded a few streets away.
MilesMk1 (11:20:08 PM): #Was that them?#
Thematrian1 (11:20:33 PM): Blake: it was a conventional explosive, probably not very big. A little c-4, maybe
Umbrafer (11:20:57 PM): #Yeah.#
MilesMk1 (11:21:47 PM): #All right... Well, I'd suggest we continue keeping an eye on them, but pack up at our own pace, get as much medical gear as we can, see what happened to... Trickster, and get out. What about you?#
Gedeon Ogoun (11:22:53 PM): "I'll go look for Trickster..you guys get the gear packed up"
MilesMk1 (11:23:54 PM): "All right."
Umbrafer (11:24:11 PM): #They're in another building.#
MilesMk1 (11:24:28 PM): "Jeremy... Do you have any body bags around here? I think I found your techs, but I don't think we'll have the time to bury them here, now."
MilesMk1 (11:24:53 PM): "I'm sorry."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:25:15 PM): *heading downstairs, towards last known location of blood trail*
Thematrian1 (11:25:27 PM): He nods. "We have a few...this isn't much of an emergency clinic, so we don't keep them on site."
EverGuard4 (11:25:27 PM): *follows*
Thematrian1 (11:25:39 PM): Rock and Gedeon head off to follow Trickster's trail
MilesMk1 (11:26:14 PM): "Right... Ok, show me where, and I'll take care of it. You get the medical gear."
MilesMk1 (11:26:35 PM): (though I make sure never to get too far from him - we've been through too much trouble...)
Thematrian1 (11:27:00 PM): He leads you downstairs, and points them out. All both of them. There are six bodies to dispose of
Gedeon Ogoun (11:28:13 PM): *nose to the floor*
MilesMk1 (11:29:32 PM): Doh... For some reason I got the impression there were only a couple of techs...
MilesMk1 (11:29:48 PM): In that case, I do my best to scrounge stuff to wrap the bodies in.
Thematrian1 (11:30:12 PM): There are many bags, some of them quite large, in the "treasure" room on the second floor that you passed earlier
MilesMk1 (11:30:21 PM): Ah, yes.
MilesMk1 (11:30:43 PM): I was actually thinking of scrounging shower curtains or something, but whatever works...
Thematrian1 (11:31:05 PM): No shower curtains here, though there is an emergency shower system in the lab
MilesMk1 (11:31:40 PM): #Alex... This is a weird question, but do we have room in the van for six bodies? Jeremy's techs... Seems wrong to leave them here... Got any ideas for a quick burial?#
Umbrafer (11:32:04 PM): #Cremation's probably the best bet.#
Umbrafer (11:32:19 PM): #I'm not sure we want to stick around any park long enough to dig six graves.#
MilesMk1 (11:32:27 PM): #True.#
MilesMk1 (11:32:43 PM): Hmm...
MilesMk1 (11:32:50 PM): Well, it could work...
Umbrafer (11:33:09 PM): #But yeah. It won't be dignified, but if we need to bring them elsewhere they can fit if we stack them.#
MilesMk1 (11:34:15 PM): I suggest to Jeremy the idea of placing the bodies inside the little basement room where I found the radio setup, and sealing it up / collapsing the staircase.
Thematrian1 (11:35:02 PM): He blinks. "A crypt, in a sense. Yes. Do it."
MilesMk1 (11:36:24 PM): Ok... I get rid of the body of the dead bad guy, clear some space, lay them out, and cover the bodies.
Thematrian1 (11:36:38 PM): Gedeon and Rock: in the alley, the trail of blood ends. Perception
EverGuard4 (11:36:47 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 4 5 1 1 5 1
MilesMk1 (11:36:51 PM): Are there any grenades or explosives in the stash of weaponry I collected?
EverGuard4 (11:36:54 PM): *peek around astrally, too
Thematrian1 (11:37:19 PM): A few standard HE things, probably insufficient for the purpose
Gedeon Ogoun (11:37:58 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 5 2 4 5 1
Gedeon Ogoun (11:38:17 PM): *summoning watcher force3*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:38:23 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 1 2 3 3
Gedeon Ogoun (11:38:29 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 3 5
MilesMk1 (11:39:04 PM): Although there were some more we got from Ed's shop... I enlist his help in sealing the place up. (since I think he probably knows Demolitions)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:39:09 PM): *sending him on search for Trickster, orders to report back if found*
Thematrian1 (11:39:17 PM): hang on
Thematrian1 (11:39:52 PM): Well, this is interesting. You both spot it, basically at once: there's an intensely concentrated twist in astral space a little past the place the blood trail stops. It's maybe background count 3 at the site, BC 1 at three feet,
Thematrian1 (11:39:54 PM): and nothing at five
Gedeon Ogoun (11:41:56 PM): *looking closer, puzzled*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:42:05 PM): "Do you see that?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:42:32 PM): *rolling magic background*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:42:37 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 2 5 5
Gedeon Ogoun (11:42:42 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Gedeon Ogoun (11:45:38 PM): $#Well, Alex, something nasty happened here...stranger than normal. I've never seen anything like it.#
Thematrian1 (11:45:42 PM): Ed willingly joins you. He confesses a slight familiarity with explosives, and places a grenade and a little of his c-4 along the stairwell
Umbrafer (11:46:45 PM): $#No sign of the body?#
Gedeon Ogoun (11:47:33 PM): $#No, the blood trail ends in a little astral warp.#
MilesMk1 (11:49:46 PM): Great. We can set it off as we leave.
Thematrian1 (11:50:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 1 3 5 3 6 4 6 3 1 1 6 6
Thematrian1 (11:50:19 PM): boom
Thematrian1 (11:50:25 PM): The stairway caves in as predicted
MilesMk1 (11:50:33 PM): I finish all the rest - packing up medical supplies, the weapons, and any other useful stuff from the "treasure room".
Thematrian1 (11:50:48 PM): it's mostly canned food and ammunition
MilesMk1 (11:51:27 PM): I'll take what I feel represents the best trade off between value/usefulness and available space.
Thematrian1 (11:52:42 PM): Check.
Thematrian1 (11:52:48 PM): Other actions?
Gedeon Ogoun (11:52:55 PM): I continue to search the area around the warp
Thematrian1 (11:53:09 PM): Ok. Perception again
Gedeon Ogoun (11:53:40 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 6 4 4 5 6
Gedeon Ogoun (11:53:45 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
MilesMk1 (11:54:10 PM): Oh... I suppose I'll find out where the sniper was located, just to see if there's any chance of recovering his rifle.
MilesMk1 (11:54:44 PM): (unless Gedeon indicates he took it with him when he ran off, or you just don't want to bother at 11:57PM;))
Thematrian1 (11:55:00 PM): (11:57? 11:57! Sheesh)
Umbrafer (11:55:10 PM): (55 by my clock)
MilesMk1 (11:55:23 PM): I'll leave looking for Trickster to Gedeon since I obviously won't be of any help here...
Thematrian1 (11:55:25 PM): The sniper was on a rooftop. Plans for getting there?
Gedeon Ogoun (11:55:48 PM): (he took the rifle anyways, so far as I know)
MilesMk1 (11:55:58 PM): Umm... Asking someone nicely to have their spirit stop by there and bring back anything that looks like a rifle? :)
MilesMk1 (11:56:58 PM): If that's a no-go, and Gedeon is unsure, I'll leave it alone. Climbing buildings seems imprudent right now...
Gedeon Ogoun (11:57:00 PM): too bad spirits don't carry rifles.../
MilesMk1 (11:57:23 PM): They can engulf you and cover you in garbage, but ask them to carry a rifle...
EverGuard4 (11:57:30 PM): (brb)_
MilesMk1 (11:57:45 PM): But, no, I doubt Blake would care, anyway... Just got to the last item on my mental checklist, is all.
MilesMk1 (11:57:56 PM): Let's hope the sniper gets eaten by some wasps.
Thematrian1 (11:58:37 PM): With no other actions, you're outside
Thematrian1 (11:58:39 PM): no sign of the women
MilesMk1 (11:58:40 PM): I get everything and everyone who isn't out investigation loaded up, and stand overwatch.
MilesMk1 (11:58:50 PM): out investigating.
MilesMk1 (11:58:53 PM): Jeez.
Gedeon Ogoun (11:59:05 PM): No further sign of the Trickster?
Thematrian1 (11:59:31 PM): nonr
Gedeon Ogoun (12:00:13 AM): $#we could sit in the van while I do an astral look around..but other than that, I don't know where he went off to..no body...#
Dragcrell (12:01:06 AM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 3
Gedeon Ogoun (12:01:48 AM): $#something does feel strange here...can't put my finger on it...#
Thematrian1 (12:02:19 AM): As you're leaving, Jeremy startles.
MilesMk1 (12:02:25 AM): "?"
Thematrian1 (12:02:28 AM): "I almost forgot, there's a computer on the first floor."
Thematrian1 (12:02:37 AM): "Could you destroy it before we go?"
MilesMk1 (12:03:24 AM): "Sure. The data needs to be non-recoverable?"
Thematrian1 (12:03:36 AM): "Yes"
MilesMk1 (12:04:04 AM): Ok... I take one of the crappy ganger HE grenades, open the computer case, drop the grenade into it on a long delay, and walk out of the room.
Dragcrell (12:04:14 AM): (hehehe gernade in teh caseing well do that nicely)
Thematrian1 (12:04:17 AM): kablammo
Thematrian1 (12:04:20 AM): no more computer
Thematrian1 (12:05:12 AM): Jeremy looks deeply relieved
MilesMk1 (12:06:30 AM): "There go the patient files?"
Thematrian1 (12:06:45 AM): "There go the patient files"
MilesMk1 (12:06:50 AM): "Hope you still remember what stuff I have installed." *grins*
Thematrian1 (12:07:04 AM): He snickers. "I think I'll manage."
MilesMk1 (12:07:11 AM): "Wouldn't want to have adjustments to non-existant cyber horns."
Thematrian1 (12:07:55 AM): He just nods
MilesMk1 (12:08:10 AM): That is also said with a grin. Then I sober up.
Thematrian1 (12:08:25 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 6 2 2 3 3 6 2 3 1 4 4 1
Thematrian1 (12:09:10 AM): He tries to join in your humor, but can't quite manage it.
MilesMk1 (12:11:21 AM): "Well, I guess this is it... Damn near pulled this one off clean." *grimaces* "Sorry, but between coming straight from a run, and running into this shit... I just need a break. Not funny."
Thematrian1 (12:11:56 AM): Actions before we break?
MilesMk1 (12:11:58 AM): *tiredly slides back into his seat*
MilesMk1 (12:12:10 AM): *reviews his internal Karma counter*
Umbrafer (12:12:22 AM): *Checks in on the position of the women*
Thematrian1 (12:13:03 AM): They're still in the same building
Gedeon Ogoun (12:14:24 AM): *stares around the alley, waiting for something to jump out at him*
Thematrian1 (12:14:34 AM): nothing does
MilesMk1 (12:16:25 AM): *stomps over to Gedeon* "No sign of him...?"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:16:42 AM): *shakes head*
Gedeon Ogoun (12:17:02 AM): "This is bugging me...er..sorry, wrong choice of words."
Thematrian1 (12:17:10 AM): (ugh)
MilesMk1 (12:17:18 AM): "How so... Like we're missing something?"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:17:57 AM): *nods*
MilesMk1 (12:18:38 AM): "Could someone simply have carried him off?"
Umbrafer (12:18:48 AM): $#Man wants to speak to you back at base camp#
Gedeon Ogoun (12:18:54 AM): "Maybe, but they left a hell of an astral signature."
MilesMk1 (12:19:03 AM): "Did you try having a spirit look for him?"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:19:08 AM): *nods*
MilesMk1 (12:19:14 AM): "Nothing..."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:19:17 AM): "He's out looking now..."
MilesMk1 (12:20:44 AM): "If it's something magical, I wouldn't know where to start..."
Umbrafer (12:21:16 AM): $#Guy named Shadowcat. Know him?#
Gedeon Ogoun (12:21:29 AM): "That's what bothers me..I don't know where to start either, and I should."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:21:42 AM): $#Me? No.#
Gedeon Ogoun (12:21:50 AM): "Blake, you know a Shadowcat?"
MilesMk1 (12:22:13 AM): Do I?
Umbrafer (12:22:16 AM): $#Says he… "knows a man who knows how to find Gedeon's enemy".#
Thematrian1 (12:22:18 AM): no
Gedeon Ogoun (12:22:30 AM): $#I'll be right there.#
Gedeon Ogoun (12:22:36 AM): *Heads toward van*
Thematrian1 (12:22:45 AM): Gedeon heads off, and quickly reaches the van.
Gedeon Ogoun (12:23:01 AM): astral scan of the area
Thematrian1 (12:23:06 AM): go for it
Gedeon Ogoun (12:23:11 AM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 3 6 4 4 3
Gedeon Ogoun (12:23:16 AM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Thematrian1 (12:23:38 AM): Clean as a whistle
Gedeon Ogoun (12:23:48 AM): $#Where is he?#
MilesMk1 (12:24:00 AM): Before leaving, I look around... Just to make sure I did all I could have.
MilesMk1 (12:24:05 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 6 4 3
MilesMk1 (12:24:08 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
MilesMk1 (12:24:11 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (12:24:15 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (12:24:21 AM): $#By our base camp. [Distance] away.#
Thematrian1 (12:24:26 AM): That's a little vague, but your swift yet careful inspection reveals nothing unattended to.
Gedeon Ogoun (12:25:09 AM): *loudly* "Show yourself#
Gedeon Ogoun (12:25:12 AM): er.."
Thematrian1 (12:25:38 AM): Nothing does
Gedeon Ogoun (12:25:58 AM): *getting in van*
Gedeon Ogoun (12:26:13 AM): "Who is this?"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:26:29 AM): "And where is he?"
MilesMk1 (12:27:11 AM): "Trickster!"
Thematrian1 (12:27:25 AM): Nothing answers
MilesMk1 (12:27:29 AM): After the echoes die down, shakes his head and goes back to the van.
EverGuard4 (12:27:46 AM): (follows)
Gedeon Ogoun (12:27:55 AM): "Alex? Where is this guy?"
Umbrafer (12:27:57 AM): "Man calls himself Shadowcat. He's back at our base camp. Should we go there?"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:28:12 AM): "Oh, I thought you were talking about the van as basecamp."
Umbrafer (12:28:18 AM): "I don't like it… you've never even been there and he shows up there looking for you."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:28:24 AM): "How the hell did he find out I was working with you folks?"
MilesMk1 (12:28:48 AM): "Sam knew where we were staying... She could have sent him over."
Umbrafer (12:28:54 AM): "Fucked if I know. I told them not to wax him yet, since it sounds important…"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:29:09 AM): "Well, it might very well be."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:29:15 AM): "But it might also be a trap."
MilesMk1 (12:29:16 AM): "Or, it could be as you say - something to worry about..."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:29:44 AM): "I have to check it out...I would appreciate a ride over there, but if you don't have time, I understand."
Umbrafer (12:29:53 AM): "Hey Blake, mind waiting on looking for Jerome until we sort this out?#
Umbrafer (12:29:56 AM): *"
MilesMk1 (12:31:40 AM): "Yeah, sure... I don't know where I'd even start looking."
Thematrian1 (12:32:12 AM): The van speeds swiftly home.
Thematrian1 (12:32:20 AM): Next week: the exciting confrontation!
MilesMk1 (12:32:29 AM): Karma? :)
EverGuard4 (12:32:31 AM): ^^
Thematrian1 (12:33:01 AM): hehe, yeah, some karma is in order too. Not tonight, though
MilesMk1 (12:33:17 AM): Some? Some? Lots!
Dragcrell (12:33:35 AM): lol
MilesMk1 (12:33:41 AM): But I'll be satisfied with 45 or so. ;P
Umbrafer (12:33:46 AM): Yeah, I demand more than four karma. Maybe even four-two karma!
Thematrian1 (12:34:10 AM): heh. You can have four-two karma now, instead of how much I eventually settle upon
Umbrafer (12:34:23 AM): No thank'ee ^^
Thematrian1 (12:34:30 AM): Your call :-D
MilesMk1 (12:34:54 AM): I suppose I'll wait...
Gedeon Ogoun (12:35:37 AM): I'm off to bed. Thanks folks. Good night.
Thematrian1 (12:35:47 AM): yep, sleep well, everybody
MilesMk1 (12:35:50 AM): (Next time we play, someone remind me to make a roll for healing.)
EverGuard4 (12:35:51 AM): night
Umbrafer (12:35:51 AM): Sleep well, all.
MilesMk1 (12:35:54 AM): Good night.
Umbrafer (12:36:00 AM): I need some of those.
Thematrian1 (12:36:14 AM): yeah, since you're not going to sleep for a while anyway, let's see those
MilesMk1 (12:36:20 AM): (Since there's a doctor involved, it ought to be incredibly quick, but...)
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Umbrafer (12:36:55 AM): You know me too well.
Thematrian1 (12:37:08 AM): I have some basic pattern- recognition abilities, yeah
Umbrafer (12:37:17 AM): Which rolls, stun recovery?
MilesMk1 (12:37:28 AM): Ok, so for me, it's TN3...
Umbrafer (12:37:29 AM): And if so, how much time are we looking at?
MilesMk1 (12:37:32 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 4 1 5
MilesMk1 (12:37:37 AM): 5 successes...
Umbrafer (12:37:53 AM): Just under five hours.
MilesMk1 (12:37:55 AM): I'll be healed of my L wound in 5 hours.
Thematrian1 (12:37:58 AM): Blake: what wounds are you recovering from, again?
Thematrian1 (12:38:02 AM): ah yes
MilesMk1 (12:38:03 AM): Grenade.
MilesMk1 (12:38:22 AM): That's assuming Gedeon can't toss a spell my way... At least it's out of the way now.
Thematrian1 (12:38:41 AM): He can, but for whatever reason hasn't
Umbrafer (12:39:42 AM): He may or may not be aware that you're actually wounded
Umbrafer (12:39:45 AM): It can be hard to tell
Thematrian1 (12:39:56 AM): ah, indeed
MilesMk1 (12:40:06 AM): He cast something on me to negate pain, but that was last session, and I'm sure he just forgot.
MilesMk1 (12:40:14 AM): I'll mention it next time.
MilesMk1 (12:40:21 AM): Or just sleep it off...
Umbrafer (12:40:26 AM): Maybe he hates you ;)
MilesMk1 (12:40:29 AM): Maybe.
Umbrafer (12:40:51 AM): But yes, for stun recovery: how much time am I looking at here?
Thematrian1 (12:40:59 AM): lesse, when did you roll your last one?
Umbrafer (12:41:41 AM): I didn't. Stun was all healed, and I got my new stun in this activity phase so no recovery during it
Thematrian1 (12:41:52 AM): oh yes
Thematrian1 (12:41:56 AM): 20 minutes on the ride home
Umbrafer (12:42:05 AM): So I need to roll really well…
Thematrian1 (12:42:11 AM): (man, having Jeremy on your side really speeds up wound recovery times)
MilesMk1 (12:42:51 AM): (Yes, it does.)
MilesMk1 (12:43:28 AM): Ok, guys - I'll see you Thursday.
Thematrian1 (12:43:33 AM): ok, sleep well
MilesMk1 (12:43:34 AM): Have a good one...
Umbrafer (12:43:37 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 6 1 1 4
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Umbrafer (12:43:58 AM): Bah, only one success.
Umbrafer (12:44:11 AM): *Debates whether or not to use the last point of karma banking on a refresh*
Thematrian1 (12:44:18 AM): heh
Thematrian1 (12:44:20 AM): debate away
Umbrafer (12:44:37 AM): Alea jacta est.
Umbrafer (12:44:41 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 6 2
Umbrafer (12:44:50 AM): Meh. 30 minutes 'til recovery.
Umbrafer (12:45:17 AM): But yeah, Jeremy will help recovery times a /lot/.
Umbrafer (12:45:24 AM): !
Umbrafer (12:45:30 AM): Does having Gedeon on hand count as magical care?
Thematrian1 (12:45:41 AM): He has Treat and not Heal, so no
Dragcrell (12:45:49 AM): hehehehe
Thematrian1 (12:46:07 AM): I think having Heal is sufficient, though AFAIK it's never really defined
Umbrafer (12:47:31 AM): It isn't. We probably should define it.
Thematrian1 (12:48:11 AM): "Having Heal" seems too simple, given that Heal can only affect a given set of injuries once.
Umbrafer (12:48:34 AM): IMO, there is call for one or more additional "extended treatment" spells
Thematrian1 (12:48:46 AM): Yeah, that works
Umbrafer (12:48:47 AM): Either a combination of currently-existing ones or new ones
Umbrafer (12:48:55 AM): The problem is, what do they do?
Thematrian1 (12:49:09 AM): Allow you to tap the long-term medical care option, obv.
Umbrafer (12:49:16 AM): Right
Thematrian1 (12:49:17 AM): yeah, that's stupid, I know
Thematrian1 (12:49:23 AM): since it doesn't connect to force
Umbrafer (12:49:27 AM): Exactly.
Thematrian1 (12:49:30 AM): but
Thematrian1 (12:49:42 AM): hm
Thematrian1 (12:49:45 AM): how about
Thematrian1 (12:50:25 AM): Extended Treatment lets you tap the bonus for subjects with essence no less than 6 - Force?
Thematrian1 (12:50:31 AM): Drain is basically irrelevant, too
Thematrian1 (12:51:00 AM): ping
Umbrafer (12:51:07 AM): Pong
Umbrafer (12:51:25 AM): Another possibility is to just redefine the flavour on Heal
Thematrian1 (12:51:26 AM): my connection flickered, so I was worried
Thematrian1 (12:51:30 AM): how so?
Umbrafer (12:51:57 AM): Allow it to be casted repeatedly , but only once can it have dramatic healing effects—the rest becomes the basis for extended care
Thematrian1 (12:52:21 AM): that works too
Thematrian1 (12:52:30 AM): it also means that nearly any mage can provide that care
Thematrian1 (12:52:52 AM): I mean, if healing magic existed, and you could learn it, wouldn't you?
Umbrafer (12:53:29 AM): Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how many people would be beating down my door?
Umbrafer (12:53:53 AM): Maybe require other spells like Resist Pain, Prophylaxis, something like that
Thematrian1 (12:53:57 AM): mmm. They'd do that no matter what kind of magic you have
Umbrafer (12:54:04 AM): Or possibly some medical knowledge
Umbrafer (12:54:09 AM): They would, but the people change
Thematrian1 (12:54:13 AM): yeah
Umbrafer (12:54:18 AM): And Heal is one of those with the least application for evading said people
Umbrafer (12:54:27 AM): Combat spells, Invisibility, Levitation…
Umbrafer (12:54:31 AM): All of them provide their own escape routes.
Thematrian1 (12:54:32 AM): Mind Probe
Umbrafer (12:54:35 AM): Heal? Not so much.
Thematrian1 (12:54:45 AM): The entire Detection group of spells, come to that
Thematrian1 (12:55:38 AM): Anyway, that's only an argument for not telling people you know it
Umbrafer (12:55:48 AM): 'Strue.
Umbrafer (12:57:03 AM): You could require something like Heal, Nutrition, and Oxygenate, and then Detox/Prophylaxis/Cure Disease as appropriate to get the bonus for specific afflictions
Thematrian1 (12:57:12 AM): yeah, that works
Umbrafer (12:57:21 AM): Or just Heal and medical training
Thematrian1 (12:57:27 AM): still unconnected to Force...
Umbrafer (12:57:33 AM): Tack on the others for unusual injuries
Umbrafer (12:57:35 AM): That's true
Thematrian1 (12:58:29 AM): but, yes, I like that option best
Thematrian1 (12:59:03 AM): I'll sleep now though
Umbrafer (12:59:09 AM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (12:59:14 AM): Oh
Umbrafer (12:59:16 AM): One last question
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Umbrafer (12:59:22 AM): If you don't have a fast answer, sleep on it
Umbrafer (12:59:25 AM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (12:59:28 AM): yes?
Umbrafer (12:59:44 AM): We asked a while ago when Resist Pain goes down
Umbrafer (12:59:53 AM): For example, I now have eight boxes (effectively 5).
Thematrian1 (1:00:02 AM): when you take more physical, isn't it?
Thematrian1 (1:00:07 AM): right
Umbrafer (1:00:10 AM): When I heal to S, will I heal to six boxes (effectively 5) or 6 boxes (effectively 3)
Umbrafer (1:00:11 AM): ?
Umbrafer (1:00:23 AM): Wait
Umbrafer (1:00:25 AM): No
Umbrafer (1:00:28 AM): I heal straight to M
Thematrian1 (1:00:31 AM): RP negates 3 boxes of injury
Umbrafer (1:00:35 AM): So is it three boxes (effectively three)
Umbrafer (1:00:40 AM): Or three boxes (effectively zero)
Umbrafer (1:00:42 AM): ?
Thematrian1 (1:00:48 AM): it negates the top three, I'd say. So effectively zero
Umbrafer (1:01:23 AM): Good times. Here's to hoping no more Physical damage.
Umbrafer (1:01:25 AM): Sleep well.
Thematrian1 (1:01:41 AM): yeah, well, Alex went totally uninjured for a year of play, right?
Thematrian1 (1:01:49 AM): So what're the odds that it would happen again?
Dragcrell (1:01:57 AM): yep fun fun next week thats for shoure :P
Umbrafer (1:01:59 AM): Much greater thanks to wound mods :)
Thematrian1 (1:02:07 AM): Life is funny that way
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Dragcrell (1:02:30 AM): well I'm off to FF 11 have fun
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