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MilesMk1 (8:36:34 PM): So, I'm talking to my friend right now, and he says he'd like to check things out.
MilesMk1 (8:37:32 PM): Anyone mind if I invite him in so he can get an idea of what a chat SR session looks like?
Thematrian1 (8:37:39 PM): nifty. Let him lurk, by all means.
Umbrafer (8:37:46 PM): Good times. My brain is melted--remind me, does he have prior experience with SR?
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Thematrian1 (8:37:54 PM): (And let's hope he's not showing up just in time to witness Blake's gruesome death)
MilesMk1 (8:37:55 PM): Nope.
MilesMk1 (8:38:43 PM): (Bastard. Like I don't have enough reasons to be worried... :))
MilesMk1 (8:39:06 PM): Anyway, everyone, say hello to Russell.
Umbrafer (8:39:11 PM): Ahoy. *Waves*
Dragcrell (8:39:16 PM): *wave*
RustyStaples81 (8:39:30 PM): Hello everyone.
Thematrian1 (8:39:31 PM): Greetings.
Thematrian1 (8:40:42 PM): anyhow, when we left the group, Blake was face to face with Not!Neil in the basement of that ruined building
Thematrian1 (8:40:54 PM): Shadowcat was near the entrance, clinging to the ceiling IIRC?
Dragcrell (8:41:03 PM): (yep)
MilesMk1 (8:41:22 PM): Almost face to face - hopefully not in melee, though.
Thematrian1 (8:41:39 PM): Well, not yet at any rate. Which reminds me, Blake, you have to roll Reaction
MilesMk1 (8:41:42 PM): And the guy just yelled "NOW!" which made me very unhappy.
Thematrian1 (8:41:50 PM): SC - you can find Blake easily enough, just follow the sounds of the explosions
MilesMk1 (8:41:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 1 3 1 1 5 2 3 4 3
MilesMk1 (8:42:05 PM): Um...
Umbrafer (8:42:09 PM): Oh dear.
MilesMk1 (8:42:10 PM): I believe I'll Karma that.
Thematrian1 (8:42:14 PM): down to 2?
Thematrian1 (8:42:22 PM): ok, reroll seven dice
MilesMk1 (8:42:22 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (8:42:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 1 2 5 4
MilesMk1 (8:42:31 PM): Son of a...
Dragcrell (8:42:35 PM): ^_^ and I do just that testing as I go befor I put my full waight on a panel
MilesMk1 (8:42:50 PM): Well, 6 successes, anyway.
Thematrian1 (8:42:52 PM): The ceiling isn't paneled, it's pure plastic. It takes your weight with no problems
Thematrian1 (8:42:54 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (8:43:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 2 5 5 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 2
Thematrian1 (8:43:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 1 6 4 5 2 2 4 3 1 5 6
Dragcrell (8:43:22 PM): ah ok in that case I go as fast I can and still stay on it
Thematrian1 (8:44:01 PM): You see a giant beetle, easily seven feet long, materialize over your head
Thematrian1 (8:44:08 PM): behind you, you hear the hum of another set of wings
Thematrian1 (8:44:19 PM): and a high male voice shouting "Take him alive! I want him alive!"
Thematrian1 (8:44:58 PM): It's now your turn in the surprise round; you can act against Neil but not either bug
MilesMk1 (8:45:22 PM): Bah.
Thematrian1 (8:45:25 PM): (Why am I calling him Neil? Because his name is not Neil)
MilesMk1 (8:45:33 PM): I suppose running away would be metagaming...
Thematrian1 (8:45:45 PM): huh? No, you know the bugs are there.
Thematrian1 (8:46:02 PM): or, ok, better phrasing: in what way would it be metagaming?
MilesMk1 (8:46:33 PM): Ah, got it. I know they're there, but I can't attack. (got confsued and thought I had to act like they weren't there)
Thematrian1 (8:46:47 PM): yeah. It's how SR handles the surprise round
MilesMk1 (8:46:57 PM): Screw it, hopefully SC can get there in time to save my ass.
MilesMk1 (8:47:21 PM): I shoot NotNeil with two 3-round burst. Damage code 13S.
Thematrian1 (8:47:25 PM): go for it
MilesMk1 (8:47:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 2 4 5
MilesMk1 (8:47:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 1 4 1
MilesMk1 (8:47:49 PM): That's better.
Thematrian1 (8:48:08 PM): point blank, no cover...yeah, Neil is an unhappy boy. He tries to dodge:
Thematrian1 (8:48:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 1 4 4 6 4 6 3 5 2 2 6 2
MilesMk1 (8:48:19 PM): IIRC he was wounded, right?
Thematrian1 (8:48:24 PM): eeeyep
Thematrian1 (8:48:31 PM): he does not dodge
Thematrian1 (8:48:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 6 3 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 5 2 5
Thematrian1 (8:49:07 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 2 4 1 3 5 1 5 2 5 6 6 1
MilesMk1 (8:49:08 PM): Say bye-bye Neil. At least if I die... Well, I'll have killed a guy with a huge sword, of no particular importance.
Thematrian1 (8:49:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 4 1 3 5 2 6 2 5 2 4 3 3
Thematrian1 (8:49:58 PM): yeah, that's it for Neil. He has time to look profoundly surprised at all the bullets in his chest, before a stray one catches him in the eye.
Thematrian1 (8:50:09 PM): it doesn't actually blow his brains out
Thematrian1 (8:50:35 PM): but he's done
Thematrian1 (8:50:48 PM): into regular initiative we go. SC, what's your movement ratE?
MilesMk1 (8:50:55 PM): Ok. I start to turn to see what that buzzing is about, and...
Thematrian1 (8:51:10 PM): Also, Alex, the albino is maybe 30 seconds away from the van at his present rate.
MilesMk1 (8:51:13 PM): I take it we should roll Init?
Dragcrell (8:51:14 PM): 6 m a turn
Thematrian1 (8:51:26 PM): yes please
Umbrafer (8:51:40 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (8:51:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 5
Umbrafer (8:51:51 PM): 25
MilesMk1 (8:51:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (8:51:56 PM): 24!
Thematrian1 (8:52:09 PM): SC creeps across the ceiling. She estimates that it'll be about 30 seconds before she reaches Blake's position
Thematrian1 (8:52:46 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
MilesMk1 (8:52:51 PM): (Didn't realize this place was quite that huge.)
Thematrian1 (8:53:18 PM): ::does some math:: Ok, more like 15. Enough that she'll be too late for the next few combat rounds.
Dragcrell (8:53:39 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 2
Dragcrell (8:53:55 PM): mmm nice 18
Thematrian1 (8:54:02 PM): The giant beetle over your head spins on its axis and tries to chew your face off
Thematrian1 (8:54:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 1 2 1 6 2 3 4 4 2 4 4
MilesMk1 (8:54:17 PM): Ah. Do I get to act?
MilesMk1 (8:54:30 PM): Or is this still in the surprise round?
Thematrian1 (8:54:41 PM): it has greater initiative, so no. Roll...unarmed, I guess, since you're holding your gun and not your staff
Thematrian1 (8:54:45 PM): (God, what a phallic sentence)
MilesMk1 (8:54:56 PM): The rifle has a bayonet, remember?
Thematrian1 (8:55:10 PM): aha, so it does. Polearms it is.
MilesMk1 (8:55:11 PM): I meant, can I fight back normall.
MilesMk1 (8:55:19 PM): If so, I'm increasing it's TNs by 2.
MilesMk1 (8:55:24 PM): its
MilesMk1 (8:55:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 2 6 4
Thematrian1 (8:55:57 PM): it actually has some Reach, and Friends in Melee, negating your bonus
MilesMk1 (8:56:02 PM): Bah.
Thematrian1 (8:56:46 PM): hm. It has 3 net successes. Resist 13D.
MilesMk1 (8:56:53 PM): Ow.
MilesMk1 (8:57:27 PM): Lemme see... I need 6s.
Dragcrell (8:57:34 PM): (thats going to sting)
Thematrian1 (8:57:38 PM): (Boy, do you ever need sixes)
MilesMk1 (8:57:40 PM): Using my combat pool...
MilesMk1 (8:57:45 PM): All of it.
Thematrian1 (8:57:45 PM): understood
MilesMk1 (8:57:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 2 2 4 1 3 6 6 6 2 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (8:57:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
Thematrian1 (8:58:06 PM): I count 5 successes, 12 failures. Care to karma?
MilesMk1 (8:58:10 PM): Yeah...
MilesMk1 (8:58:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 5 3 6 4 2 2 1 3 2
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MilesMk1 (8:58:41 PM): I'm down to 1, or 0, by your count? (getting confused)
Thematrian1 (8:58:45 PM): yuck. Well, that stages down to L. You manage to turn a face-chewing into a shoulder chewing
Thematrian1 (8:58:45 PM): 1
Thematrian1 (8:58:53 PM): (aw, are we boring?)
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MilesMk1 (8:59:36 PM): #Ow, shit. I think I'm fucked.#
Thematrian1 (8:59:46 PM): Now the other bug gets to go
Thematrian1 (8:59:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 4 4 3 5 6 2 4 6 4 6 2 4 6 2
MilesMk1 (8:59:58 PM): Aw, man...
MilesMk1 (9:00:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:00:17 PM): I count, um, eight net successes
MilesMk1 (9:00:26 PM): Yay...
Umbrafer (9:00:29 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (9:00:56 PM): thankfully, melee doesn't overdamage. Even so, I don't think you physically can soak this, can you?
Umbrafer (9:00:59 PM): Hey Shadowcat, don't suppose you have Biotech?
MilesMk1 (9:01:25 PM): I only have 9 body dice...
MilesMk1 (9:01:37 PM): So, no, not likely, not even with the Karma.
Umbrafer (9:02:02 PM): Save the karma, roll the Body dice and pray for all 6s.
Dragcrell (9:02:10 PM): (errr......)
MilesMk1 (9:02:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 6 5 2 3 4 2
Umbrafer (9:02:18 PM): Astonishingly improbable, but at least you don't have to cancel with leftover successes.
MilesMk1 (9:02:19 PM): Hah.
Thematrian1 (9:02:25 PM): Even all sixes wouldn't do it, he needs 10 or more
Umbrafer (9:02:28 PM): Well
Umbrafer (9:02:29 PM): Actually
MilesMk1 (9:02:32 PM): ?
Umbrafer (9:02:37 PM): Eh?
Umbrafer (9:02:41 PM): No, he just needs 8
MilesMk1 (9:02:42 PM): Actually?
Umbrafer (9:02:47 PM): 2 to drop below D
Umbrafer (9:02:54 PM): Wait
Umbrafer (9:03:01 PM): But that means you probably aren't using the extra successes correctly
Umbrafer (9:03:03 PM): Which makes things worse
Umbrafer (9:03:30 PM): In melee, every two successes past D add 1 to the Power of the attack.
Thematrian1 (9:03:45 PM): oh. I guess you were resisting like 17D this time. The point is, while you were fending off the beetle above you, other one thrust its mandibles through your back and out your abdomen
Umbrafer (9:03:51 PM): On the plus side, no matter how many successes are involved you just need two to stage back down to S.
MilesMk1 (9:03:56 PM): There's nothing I can really do with my last point of Karma now besides reroll, anyway...
Umbrafer (9:04:02 PM): Reroll, then HoG.
Umbrafer (9:04:06 PM): That's the order of operations.
MilesMk1 (9:04:09 PM): Karma.
MilesMk1 (9:04:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 6 6 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:04:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 6
Umbrafer (9:04:25 PM): Aww.
MilesMk1 (9:04:32 PM): So I needed 11s... 3 successes.
Umbrafer (9:04:39 PM): ~
Umbrafer (9:04:40 PM): !
Umbrafer (9:04:41 PM): @
Umbrafer (9:04:43 PM): !
Umbrafer (9:04:47 PM): One of those characters!
MilesMk1 (9:04:47 PM): Actually, 10s.
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Thematrian1 (9:05:06 PM): woah. Staged to S. Before the beetle finishes disemboweling you from behind, you lunge forward out of its attack path. You're seriously hurt, but you can still move and figth.
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Umbrafer (9:05:45 PM): Unfortunately, I doubt the tactic of pretending to be dead will work on the bugs.
Umbrafer (9:05:58 PM): That is to say, they may believe you but they'll probably tear you apart anyway.
MilesMk1 (9:06:08 PM): Yeah...
Umbrafer (9:06:19 PM): Oh, and that whole Assensing thing. Still, that takes time and may not distinguish someone dying from someone almost dying without a good roll.
Dragcrell (9:06:21 PM): "Blake?"
MilesMk1 (9:06:33 PM): "Aargh...."
Thematrian1 (9:06:47 PM): The flying beetle turns toward SC's shout.
Thematrian1 (9:07:27 PM): A voice from nowhere, the same high man's voice as last time: "Ignore it for now."
MilesMk1 (9:07:32 PM): Is it my turn, BTW?
Thematrian1 (9:07:40 PM): Alex, then you.
Dragcrell (9:07:41 PM): "Shit!"
Thematrian1 (9:07:50 PM): And the voice says that over the course of the next several actions.
Umbrafer (9:08:37 PM): Going to deploy a Strato. MMG-Strato.
Thematrian1 (9:08:49 PM): whirrrrrrrrr
Thematrian1 (9:08:58 PM): out it goes. Blake?
MilesMk1 (9:09:36 PM): God... I think I'm dead almost no matter what I do.
Thematrian1 (9:10:23 PM): (The voice earlier did mention taking you alive)
MilesMk1 (9:10:31 PM): (Yeah, well...)
Umbrafer (9:10:33 PM): There are varying levels of dead. IMO, your best bet is to run towards Shadowcat and fire at the bugs. That or surrender.
Umbrafer (9:10:42 PM): More likely the former.
MilesMk1 (9:11:30 PM): (I'm considering threatening the voice with setting off all my grenades if his bugs move in on me, setting off enough WP explosions to melt this place down to a bubbling hole)
Umbrafer (9:12:22 PM): (That could do it, though it would help if the place were more flammable or the bugs more solid.)
MilesMk1 (9:12:38 PM): I guess it all depends if Blake thinks that's a credible threat.
Thematrian1 (9:12:46 PM): You lack data.
MilesMk1 (9:13:16 PM): Bah... Gonna try it. And I might always be rescued, I suppose...
Umbrafer (9:13:55 PM): Remember, HoG if you need it. We can't rescue what's already cooling.
Thematrian1 (9:14:19 PM): ok, let's hear it
MilesMk1 (9:15:16 PM): I aim the grenade launcher at the ground and say "Call the bugs off, or all the white phosphorus grenades I have go off before I die, and this place burns."
Thematrian1 (9:15:58 PM): After you start talking, the voice says "Wait", and the bugs do, giving you a chance to finish your speech. Alex also gets a few more actions.
Thematrian1 (9:16:56 PM): though no more movement
MilesMk1 (9:17:10 PM): "Maybe if you're lucky, the thermite won't cook off, and there'll actually be a coupled of standing walls left."
MilesMk1 (9:17:45 PM): "How about it... Am I worth your little... hive?"
Umbrafer (9:17:46 PM): Unless I hear anything about all this, I order the van to alert me when Whitey gets within five seconds of projected LOS and continue the Strato's march in.
Thematrian1 (9:17:49 PM): "Are you corporate? You look like a mercenary."
MilesMk1 (9:18:13 PM): "I'm a freelancer."
Thematrian1 (9:18:20 PM): do you have any kind of hearing enhancement?
MilesMk1 (9:18:23 PM): Nope.
Thematrian1 (9:18:26 PM): ok
MilesMk1 (9:18:37 PM): I'm slowly backing away as I talk if possible, BTW.
MilesMk1 (9:18:40 PM): Towards SC.
Thematrian1 (9:18:55 PM): (I must ask that question once a month, ever since you started playing Glitch)
Thematrian1 (9:19:15 PM): You're backing up backing up backing up. SC, how close were you planning to get?
Thematrian1 (9:19:35 PM): The voice, to you: "Stop"
Dragcrell (9:19:45 PM): untill I see Blake or somthing trys to fight me
MilesMk1 (9:19:51 PM): I stop...
Thematrian1 (9:19:57 PM): "And tell your friend to do the same."
MilesMk1 (9:20:16 PM): "SC, hold."
Dragcrell (9:20:41 PM): *stops but lets out a growl showing distast with doing so*
Thematrian1 (9:21:01 PM): Alex: the strato reaches the stairs. Headed down?
MilesMk1 (9:21:12 PM): (BTW, I really *do* have 6 WP grenades and a charge of thermite on me.)
Umbrafer (9:21:28 PM): Unless I hear something, yes.
Thematrian1 (9:21:32 PM): (Yes, I know. You can make things pretty ugly for them, though nowhere near as bad as Blake suggests)
MilesMk1 (9:21:40 PM): (Along with 4 HE IPE grenades still in the launcher.)
MilesMk1 (9:21:57 PM): (Well, yes. I'm hoping the mage? knows little about mundane explosives.)
Umbrafer (9:22:17 PM): (Queen?)
Thematrian1 (9:22:19 PM): (I figured, just making sure)
MilesMk1 (9:22:33 PM): "Look, my business was with the asshole with the sword."
Thematrian1 (9:22:37 PM): the strato heads down the stairs.
Thematrian1 (9:22:40 PM): "What business was that?"
MilesMk1 (9:23:05 PM): "He seemed to be working for some people who grabbed a friend of mine."
Thematrian1 (9:24:03 PM): "He was a valuable contact, carefully cultivated. Now he's useless."
Umbrafer (9:24:45 PM): (No he isn't. You can swing him as a pretty decent club.)
Thematrian1 (9:25:50 PM): The strato hits the basement level.
MilesMk1 (9:26:02 PM): "That's regrettable, but killing me isn't going to result in anything besides maybe more trouble."
Thematrian1 (9:26:11 PM): "Another friend of yours?"
MilesMk1 (9:26:17 PM): "On the other hand, my associates and I are businessmen..."
MilesMk1 (9:26:39 PM): "Yes."
Thematrian1 (9:27:01 PM): "Tell them to hold still, or die."
MilesMk1 (9:27:13 PM): #Alex, hold the strato.#
MilesMk1 (9:27:21 PM): #I'm trying to talk my way out of this.#
Umbrafer (9:27:23 PM): Deceleration test:
Umbrafer (9:27:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 1 3 6
Umbrafer (9:27:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:27:43 PM): I stop very quickly.
Thematrian1 (9:27:55 PM): The strato violates Newtonian physics. Good job.
Thematrian1 (9:28:11 PM): "Good."
Thematrian1 (9:29:09 PM): There's a tense, expectant silence.
MilesMk1 (9:30:08 PM): "What now?"
Umbrafer (9:31:23 PM): (For reference, where is the Strato currently?)
Umbrafer (9:31:38 PM): (Also, is Whitey still approaching?)
Thematrian1 (9:32:04 PM): No. He's still moving, maybe 200 meters away, but staying at roughly that range.
Thematrian1 (9:32:13 PM): The strato is in the first hallway, the one where Blake got blown up for the first time.
Thematrian1 (9:32:25 PM): "You were about to try to bargain for your life, I think."
MilesMk1 (9:33:03 PM): BRB
MilesMk1 (9:33:50 PM): (Sorry, got a phoe call, can't type one handed...)
Thematrian1 (9:34:08 PM): (No worries. We'll just sit here, wondering if Blake is going to live or die)
Umbrafer (9:36:16 PM): (If Whitey starts getting closer, I tell Blake to tell the people outside to tell him to stop.)
Umbrafer (9:36:43 PM): (Inside, that is)
Thematrian1 (9:37:15 PM): (Heh)
Umbrafer (9:38:41 PM): (A very long chain. Hopefully no one will get shot before it completes.)
MilesMk1 (9:39:22 PM): "Well, I thought I was trying to appeal to reason, actually. Yeah, you could kill me, but I walked into this place for a friend of mine. I know enough people who like me enough to
MilesMk1 (9:39:40 PM): drive a rigged tanker truck into this place if I die here and really slag it."
MilesMk1 (9:40:30 PM): "On the other hand, all it takes for us to leave you alone is to let me limp out of here."
Thematrian1 (9:40:34 PM): "zzzznnnnn"
Thematrian1 (9:40:38 PM): That's the noise he makes.
MilesMk1 (9:40:53 PM): Buzzer? Snore?
Thematrian1 (9:41:16 PM): More like a human throat approximating the hum of the beetle's wings
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Thematrian1 (9:42:56 PM): "Perhaps you are bluffing."
Thematrian1 (9:44:12 PM): "The city is not as full of tanker trucks as it was."
Umbrafer (9:45:30 PM): (They have a point, but Sigrun should still have that tanker…)
Umbrafer (9:45:34 PM): (Well, she might at least)
MilesMk1 (9:45:41 PM): (I was just thinking about how to word it...)
Thematrian1 (9:46:42 PM): (Do you have a reply coming, or does he get to monologue some more?)
MilesMk1 (9:46:46 PM): Coming.
MilesMk1 (9:47:44 PM): "True, but I was assuming there was a good chance, with all the magic around, that you could read my surface thoughts, so I did
MilesMk1 (9:47:46 PM): 't."
MilesMk1 (9:48:08 PM): "We have one sitting around that we didn't use on a job right before the quarantine."
Umbrafer (9:48:26 PM): (Honesty. Always catches them off-guard.)
Thematrian1 (9:50:12 PM): "zzzznnnn. I am...constrained...in ways you cannot understand. You have cost me a servant; I need another."
Dragcrell (9:50:23 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 3 4 4
Dragcrell (9:50:28 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:53:03 PM): Albino is approaching. The building is between you and the van.
Thematrian1 (9:53:08 PM): Oh, and Alex? Roll Passive sensors
Dragcrell (9:53:40 PM): "Why not use one of your pets?"
MilesMk1 (9:53:52 PM): "Well, what can we do about that? Get you a replacement?"
Umbrafer (9:54:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 1 2 5 3 2
Umbrafer (9:54:10 PM): Hrm. How many?
Thematrian1 (9:54:19 PM): how many what?
Umbrafer (9:54:35 PM): Deciding whether or not to karma that one, mostly.
Thematrian1 (9:54:52 PM): you'd be rerolling 8
Umbrafer (9:55:04 PM): Hm. I will… do it.
Umbrafer (9:55:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:55:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 6 4 6 1 3
Umbrafer (9:55:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 2
Umbrafer (9:55:27 PM): 9, 6, 3, 2, 2
Thematrian1 (9:55:39 PM): everything's fine, as far as Alex knows
Umbrafer (9:55:44 PM): Oh dear.
Thematrian1 (9:56:11 PM): Voice: "What are you? A fleshform cat?"
Umbrafer (9:56:24 PM): Am I in hearing range of this?
Thematrian1 (9:56:31 PM): yes, through the Strato
Umbrafer (9:56:51 PM): #…#
Thematrian1 (9:56:52 PM): Voice: "Yes. Replace him, or do me a service yourself. That will...restore balance."
Dragcrell (9:57:40 PM): "I do not know what you mean I have all ways been as I am forrr as long I rrremberrr. Maggge"
Thematrian1 (9:58:17 PM): Blake, roll hearing
MilesMk1 (9:58:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 2 2 6 4
MilesMk1 (9:58:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:58:32 PM): Alex: how are you splitting your time between strato and van?
MilesMk1 (9:58:39 PM): So, that's a 7 for me...
Thematrian1 (9:58:43 PM): The voice moved a bit for that last speech
MilesMk1 (9:59:00 PM): "Fine... A service. What kind?"
Umbrafer (9:59:03 PM): Probably 50/50 at this point. Swapping about every combat turn.
Thematrian1 (9:59:29 PM): check. What's the van's signature?
MilesMk1 (10:00:05 PM): "If I'd known you were willing to trade, I'd have offered to help you out in exchange for letting my friend go. I still would..."
Umbrafer (10:00:14 PM): Low. 2, like most non-military people-carriers.
Thematrian1 (10:00:28 PM): check
MilesMk1 (10:00:32 PM): "In fact, he could be collateral..."
Thematrian1 (10:01:26 PM): "I don't know anything about him. I want you to visit one of the local warlords, and persuade him to..."
Thematrian1 (10:01:28 PM): he hesitates.
MilesMk1 (10:02:03 PM): "To...?"
Thematrian1 (10:02:52 PM): "tell him that my price is eight."
Thematrian1 (10:02:59 PM): "Simple enough?"
MilesMk1 (10:03:40 PM): "I suppose. Assuming he's not going to try to shoot me for delivering that message, but warlords we can deal with."
MilesMk1 (10:04:28 PM): "Your price is eight? And who do I tell him is sending that message? The resident of *street address*?"
Thematrian1 (10:05:11 PM): "He'll know who you mean. Return here with the payment, and I won't seek revenge for the small ones you slaughtered."
Dragcrell (10:05:42 PM): *snorts*
MilesMk1 (10:06:50 PM): "How soon do you need this done? ASAP is one thing, but I really need to see a doctor first. Also, which warlord?"
Thematrian1 (10:07:46 PM): "Immediately. I will lend you a guide; your feline friend can follow him easily enough."
Thematrian1 (10:08:04 PM): "He calls himself Deadeye." The voice is faintly mocking.
Umbrafer (10:08:13 PM): (Victoly.)
Umbrafer (10:08:34 PM): #Check if they like him.#
MilesMk1 (10:08:44 PM): "I'll do it, but I need to get patched up first. I can't exactly go there dripping blood, can I?"
Thematrian1 (10:09:11 PM): "Perhaps it will inspire them to negotiate."
Dragcrell (10:10:40 PM): "orrr to fight prrray can be funny that way." *lets out a purrr*
MilesMk1 (10:11:29 PM): "... well, it's nice to see you're on good terms with this Deadeye guy, judging by your means of persuasion."
MilesMk1 (10:11:50 PM): "Fine. I suppose I can use a medkit on the way."
Thematrian1 (10:12:57 PM): "Remember to return, once you're successful, or I will have to find you."
MilesMk1 (10:13:32 PM): "Can I just leave the payment... outside, when I do?"
Thematrian1 (10:14:01 PM): if you wish
MilesMk1 (10:14:20 PM): "All right. I'll be leaving, then?"
Thematrian1 (10:14:39 PM): "Yes, go."
MilesMk1 (10:14:51 PM): #Fucking seven foot bugs... I'm tempted to go back for that Russian surprise...#
Dragcrell (10:15:07 PM): *gets on the floor and helps Blake out*
MilesMk1 (10:15:09 PM): I leave, backing away till I get to SC, then together with her.
Thematrian1 (10:15:31 PM): You run into the strato on the way out
MilesMk1 (10:15:42 PM): #You'd think I'd have learned about what helping people gets you...#
Dragcrell (10:15:43 PM): (and yes that includes carrying the short snot if needed :P)
Thematrian1 (10:15:44 PM): Alex: roll a d2, please
Thematrian1 (10:16:05 PM): actually, belay that
Thematrian1 (10:16:08 PM): odds or evens?
MilesMk1 (10:16:09 PM): (I can walk, thank you.)
Umbrafer (10:16:14 PM): Mm.
Umbrafer (10:16:19 PM): Odd.
Thematrian1 (10:16:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:16:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 2-sided dice: 1 2
Thematrian1 (10:16:32 PM): goddammit
Thematrian1 (10:16:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:16:41 PM): Yay!
Umbrafer (10:16:48 PM): Now to find out if you asked me to pick the good option or the bad one.
MilesMk1 (10:17:01 PM): It'd be sadistic if he asked you to pick the bad one...
Umbrafer (10:17:07 PM): The Strato leaves, by the way.
Thematrian1 (10:17:08 PM): (Yes, and?)
Umbrafer (10:17:18 PM): It returns to the van and sulks.
Thematrian1 (10:17:25 PM): ok. You guys are climbing the stairs
Thematrian1 (10:17:29 PM): Alex is in the basement.
MilesMk1 (10:17:45 PM): (Bah. You're not an Evil GM, even though you'd like us to think so. Well, not very, anyway.)
Thematrian1 (10:17:46 PM): And there's a missile headed your way.
Thematrian1 (10:18:08 PM): (Yeah, I talk tough, but I'm a soft touch. I'm accept it as part of who I am)
Thematrian1 (10:18:41 PM): roll Reaction
Dragcrell (10:18:42 PM): (-_- aww man not AGAIN)
Umbrafer (10:19:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 5 4 1 4 3 5 2 4 2 3
Umbrafer (10:19:14 PM): Oww.
Umbrafer (10:19:17 PM): Karma.
Umbrafer (10:19:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (10:19:21 PM): sure
Umbrafer (10:19:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 5 4 5 1 5 6 4 5 2 3
Umbrafer (10:19:35 PM): Two successes, slightly better.
MilesMk1 (10:20:14 PM): (So, is In Nomine fun?)
Thematrian1 (10:20:20 PM): (Yes)
Thematrian1 (10:20:35 PM): (At least, when the line editor GMs for you. Dunno how good I'd be)
Thematrian1 (10:21:06 PM): Hm. Missiles land at the end of the round, so I guess that's good enough. You may dodge the incoming missile if you wish?
MilesMk1 (10:21:07 PM): (Well, I'm sure it'd be fun, but I'd as soon not find out just yet...)
Umbrafer (10:21:20 PM): I will attempt to do so.
Umbrafer (10:21:54 PM): What's the terrain like? Open/Normal/Restricted/Tight?
Thematrian1 (10:22:21 PM): hmm. Normal. Restricted. It's just a street, no major craters
Umbrafer (10:22:50 PM): I think the only one that matters is Open. Let's see the TN here…
Umbrafer (10:23:49 PM): 0 +2 if we assume Normal (+0 if we assume Restricted), -6 for VCR-3…
Umbrafer (10:23:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 4 5 4 1 4 5 6 3 3
Umbrafer (10:24:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 5
Umbrafer (10:24:13 PM): (+2 for wound mods)
Umbrafer (10:24:21 PM): Eleven successes on the Hiding Test, unless there's an additional mod.
MilesMk1 (10:24:24 PM): (Show off.)
Thematrian1 (10:24:50 PM): Nope. The missile forms a shiny new crater on the road surface.
Thematrian1 (10:25:10 PM): guys in the stairwell hear an explosion outside
Umbrafer (10:25:14 PM): Seeking the point of origin.
Umbrafer (10:25:17 PM): Initiative?
Thematrian1 (10:25:22 PM): yes
Umbrafer (10:25:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 2
Umbrafer (10:25:31 PM): 22, ugh.
Dragcrell (10:25:43 PM): "That not good." *hurrys up the stairs*
MilesMk1 (10:26:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 3
MilesMk1 (10:26:22 PM): 17
MilesMk1 (10:26:32 PM): I try to run for the van.
Dragcrell (10:26:36 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 4
MilesMk1 (10:26:37 PM): #Alex?#
Thematrian1 (10:26:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 5 5 2 6 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 1
Dragcrell (10:26:58 PM): ROFL 23
Umbrafer (10:27:30 PM): *Commits seppuku with a sharpened wrench for having been defeated at init*
MilesMk1 (10:27:34 PM): That's the second time Alex was beaten on initiative in as many sessions...
Umbrafer (10:27:46 PM): You tied me last session, I still won the tiebreaker
Umbrafer (10:27:50 PM): #Dodged a missile.#
Thematrian1 (10:28:26 PM): Ok. SC actsfirst.
Thematrian1 (10:28:30 PM): That felt weird to type.
Umbrafer (10:28:43 PM): (Stupid wound mods. I would have had 25.)
Dragcrell (10:28:58 PM): ^_^ lol *Moves for the doors to see whats up*
Thematrian1 (10:29:24 PM): SC head sfor the ground floor. That's her whole Turn. Alex?
MilesMk1 (10:29:41 PM): Are there sings that this attacks is being coordinated with the things downstairs?
MilesMk1 (10:29:44 PM): signs
Umbrafer (10:29:50 PM): (I doubt it)
Thematrian1 (10:30:04 PM): None that you can see, but you're in a stairwell. You can't see much
Umbrafer (10:30:04 PM): (If it were, they'd've attacked you down there while they hit me up here)
MilesMk1 (10:30:14 PM): (True. We can hope.)
Umbrafer (10:30:41 PM): Performing my vehicle's free acceleration, Observe in Detail and a sensor sweep on the direction the missile came from.
Umbrafer (10:30:46 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 4 2 6 4 3
Umbrafer (10:30:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
Umbrafer (10:30:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Umbrafer (10:30:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 1 6
Umbrafer (10:30:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:30:58 PM): (Who the hell did we piss off... The Russians?)
MilesMk1 (10:31:17 PM): (That gang that was holding Jeremy had friends?)
Dragcrell (10:31:24 PM): (think a better one is who haven't you pissed off yet?)
Umbrafer (10:31:29 PM): 13, 11, 2, 2, crap on the OiD, 11, 5, 2 on the sweep.
MilesMk1 (10:31:46 PM): (The mob/Yakuza people we ripped off when we stole those three trucks?)
Umbrafer (10:31:59 PM): I thought we killed them all.
Thematrian1 (10:32:01 PM): (God, the choices just keep coming, don't they?)
Umbrafer (10:32:05 PM): 'Sides, they may have been bugs or bug allies.
Thematrian1 (10:32:13 PM): The missile emanated from about twenty meters away from the albino, who by the way is now running directly away from you.
Umbrafer (10:32:39 PM): Is he in LOS?
Thematrian1 (10:32:59 PM): no; there are two full streets of buildings in the way
Thematrian1 (10:33:10 PM): nothing in your LOS fired the missile, AFAYCT
Thematrian1 (10:33:22 PM): what speed did you get up to?
Umbrafer (10:33:52 PM): Only 6 meters/turn. Without a Rigger giving attention, this thing drives like a brick.
Umbrafer (10:34:03 PM): A brick crossbred with a ballerina.
Thematrian1 (10:34:26 PM): The albino is presently outrunning you.
Thematrian1 (10:35:20 PM): Blake?
Umbrafer (10:35:23 PM): That will change when I get a turn that doesn't get taken up with something else. Am I moving twoards the albino?
Thematrian1 (10:35:40 PM): more or less. You're constrained to the road, so your vector is a bit skew to his
MilesMk1 (10:35:44 PM): I concentrate on getting the hell out.
MilesMk1 (10:35:58 PM): #I'm running for the van.#
Thematrian1 (10:36:04 PM): understood. You guys spend the rest of your Turn doing that. Alex, you're the only one who can act in all your phases, so go nuts.
Umbrafer (10:37:02 PM): Ok. Van is taking its free acceleration, I'm trying for a sensor lock on… no I'm not, I have one. I'm taking an Acceleration Test.
Umbrafer (10:37:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 2 3 6 1
Umbrafer (10:37:38 PM): Should be moving 24 MPT after the test.
Thematrian1 (10:37:39 PM): Because you're driving through a crater, I call this off-road
Umbrafer (10:37:44 PM): Ahah.
Thematrian1 (10:37:48 PM): Does that make a difference?
Umbrafer (10:37:49 PM): *Recalculate*
Umbrafer (10:37:57 PM): I think it does, 'cause of the wound mods.
Umbrafer (10:38:05 PM): 7-1-6+2=2… no.
Thematrian1 (10:38:11 PM): (Mark down the date, children, I think I finally...dammit!)
Umbrafer (10:38:22 PM): (You brought me to positive TN, but not >2 )
Thematrian1 (10:38:42 PM): SC quickly outdistances Blake, by the way
Thematrian1 (10:38:50 PM): ok, you're traveling 24MPT
Thematrian1 (10:38:56 PM): you have your lock.
Thematrian1 (10:40:05 PM): Alex, your action again
Umbrafer (10:40:18 PM): I'm going to try to find a path to LOS. Acceleration Test, if that'll help me achieve it (in my estimation)
Thematrian1 (10:40:54 PM): It will. I won't bother requiring Crash tests to take the corners at speed. this area is roughly gridlike in the roads.
Thematrian1 (10:41:06 PM): The albino's movement rate just shot up to 40MPT
Umbrafer (10:41:11 PM): Woah.
Umbrafer (10:41:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 3 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:41:24 PM): doubled in the space of a few seconds
Umbrafer (10:41:45 PM): 42.
Umbrafer (10:42:08 PM): I just need to catch him before he leads me into an ambush…
Thematrian1 (10:42:22 PM): Ok, you're flying. Albino's speed is still increasing
Thematrian1 (10:42:48 PM): Blake and SC get to the front doors. The van is just plain gone.
Thematrian1 (10:42:52 PM): new init
MilesMk1 (10:43:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 2 4
Umbrafer (10:43:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 2
Umbrafer (10:43:06 PM): Ow.
MilesMk1 (10:43:09 PM): 18
Dragcrell (10:43:14 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 1
Umbrafer (10:43:14 PM): Ow ow ow. I failed to break 20 again.
Umbrafer (10:43:15 PM): 19.
Dragcrell (10:43:23 PM): 14
Thematrian1 (10:43:30 PM): well, at least you're at the top of the list
Umbrafer (10:43:38 PM): Acceleration test.
Umbrafer (10:43:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 1 2 1 6 5 3 2 2 5
Umbrafer (10:44:02 PM): 72.
Thematrian1 (10:44:04 PM): Meanwhile, the albino's speed has climbed to 60MPT.
Thematrian1 (10:44:19 PM): You're definitely going to catch him, but with the streets he has a 200-meter head start
Umbrafer (10:44:31 PM): Well, I don't need to get close, I just need to get LOS.
Thematrian1 (10:44:55 PM): A pedestrian dives out of an alley, sees you coming, and dives back in
Umbrafer (10:45:03 PM): Smart pedestrian.
MilesMk1 (10:45:12 PM): (Hmm... It's looking like maybe the Albino wasn't with them, doesn't it?)
Umbrafer (10:45:26 PM): (Yes. Even if he was, he won't be much longer.)
Thematrian1 (10:46:00 PM): check. Roll passives
Umbrafer (10:46:09 PM): (Alex has lost too many drones. This isn't something she's accustomed to. Now someone wants to take a shot at the van? She thinks not.)
Umbrafer (10:46:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 5 4 2 3 6
Umbrafer (10:46:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Umbrafer (10:46:23 PM): 8, 8, 3, 2
Umbrafer (10:46:27 PM): Er, 3, 3, 2
MilesMk1 (10:46:40 PM): #Alex... Where are you? Where do we run to?#
Thematrian1 (10:46:51 PM): This is a busy area, signature-wise. Lots of people, though none of them on the streets, and lots of large metal and stone objects.
Umbrafer (10:48:16 PM): Still no LOS?
Thematrian1 (10:48:32 PM): nope. Albino is doing a lot of zig-zagging on the grid; until you're a street away, you won't see him
Umbrafer (10:48:36 PM): #I'll be back, just taking out the trash.#
Thematrian1 (10:49:28 PM): ok. You guys chase for another Turn.
Thematrian1 (10:49:37 PM): distance closes to 140 meters; accelerate again if you want
MilesMk1 (10:49:46 PM): #Ok...#
Umbrafer (10:49:49 PM): He doesn't speed up?
Umbrafer (10:49:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 1 1 2 4
Dragcrell (10:49:58 PM): "wherrre is she?"
Umbrafer (10:49:59 PM): Oww.
Umbrafer (10:50:10 PM): 87.
Thematrian1 (10:50:35 PM): He does. He gets a whole 78 MPT
MilesMk1 (10:51:40 PM): "Chasing whoever fired at her. She said she'll be back. Let's get cover... Can you watch for the bugs?"
Thematrian1 (10:51:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 6 3 6 4 4 1 2 3 6 3 4 6
Dragcrell (10:52:10 PM): "yes tho I think the small one thats with us now is our guid"
Thematrian1 (10:52:18 PM): Alex, your sensor lock wavers and slips. He's in among a whole bunch of cement blocks or something
MilesMk1 (10:53:29 PM): "He's here, now?"
MilesMk1 (10:53:57 PM): "It, I mean... Tell it we need to wait for the car to get back."
Umbrafer (10:54:32 PM): I will attempt to reacquire lock on my next action.
Thematrian1 (10:54:37 PM): go for it
Umbrafer (10:54:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 2 6
Umbrafer (10:54:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 4 2 5 4 3 2 6 4 5
Umbrafer (10:54:47 PM): Er
Umbrafer (10:54:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
Umbrafer (10:54:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:54:58 PM): 12, 10, 2
Thematrian1 (10:55:07 PM): got him. He's still accelerating
Thematrian1 (10:55:16 PM): up to 84
Dragcrell (10:55:19 PM): "I think it knows anoing tho"
Umbrafer (10:55:48 PM): Hm… at least I'm still closing for the moment. Also, van took its free accel up to 90;.
Thematrian1 (10:56:08 PM): oh, and passive sensors please
Umbrafer (10:56:47 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 6 5 3 1 5
Umbrafer (10:56:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Thematrian1 (10:56:51 PM): The buildings whizz by. This area is all run-down warehouse types, generic even when you're not traveling at twice the speed limit
Dragcrell (10:57:07 PM): *looks around checking both ground levle and the building tops* ;3
Thematrian1 (10:57:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 3 2 2 2 6 5 4 5 3 2 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:58:33 PM): He's up to 102 MPT
Umbrafer (10:59:10 PM): *Curses, breaks off the chase and returns*
Umbrafer (10:59:20 PM): I'll maintain my sensor lock as long as I can.
Thematrian1 (10:59:41 PM): Ok. You hold it for several more turns; his speed tops out at 135
Umbrafer (10:59:57 PM): Did I ever lock a vehicle, or was it all meat?
Umbrafer (10:59:59 PM): Or could I tell?
Thematrian1 (11:00:26 PM): you always had your lock on the albino, but that doesn't prove that he didn't get in a car at some point
Umbrafer (11:00:41 PM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (11:01:24 PM): "Know any first aid?"
Dragcrell (11:02:11 PM): *shackes head no* "neverrr got that farrr wi....."
Thematrian1 (11:02:22 PM): Blake bleeds.
MilesMk1 (11:02:44 PM): I'll try to patch myself up once I'm in the car.
MilesMk1 (11:03:20 PM): Does Alex?
Umbrafer (11:03:50 PM): I can default to Rotorcraft B/R, if you want
MilesMk1 (11:03:54 PM): Hah.
MilesMk1 (11:04:02 PM): Damn, I wish we had time to go see a doctor.
Dragcrell (11:04:14 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 6 6 5
Umbrafer (11:04:15 PM): *Holds blowtorch* "Just one quick weld and you'll be fine."
Dragcrell (11:04:22 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
Dragcrell (11:04:27 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:05:20 PM): I don't know about you, but this encounter just convinced me to simply get out of the city as quickly as possible.
MilesMk1 (11:05:34 PM): Ok, so we wait for the van to get back?
Thematrian1 (11:05:41 PM): yep. Aaaaaand...it's back
MilesMk1 (11:05:50 PM): *staggers up to the van*
MilesMk1 (11:06:09 PM): "If you're supposed to lead us after that damn spirit, perhaps you should get in front."
MilesMk1 (11:06:25 PM): #Assuming you actually want to try this, Alex.#
Umbrafer (11:06:52 PM): #Seems more likely to let us patch ourselves up than the alternative.)
Umbrafer (11:06:54 PM): *#
MilesMk1 (11:07:16 PM): #Having those beetles come after us? Yeah.#
Dragcrell (11:07:24 PM): *gets in the van* "therrres a tiny blimp up in the sky."
MilesMk1 (11:08:00 PM): *spreads a taro on one of the back seats and climbs in*
Umbrafer (11:08:04 PM): Sensor lock/
MilesMk1 (11:08:06 PM): *applies first aid*
Umbrafer (11:08:08 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 2 6 4 4
Umbrafer (11:08:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:08:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (11:08:21 PM): Blimp? You can't find any damn...oh. I guess you can.
MilesMk1 (11:08:22 PM): I need a 9, I believe...
Thematrian1 (11:08:25 PM): You have lock on the blimp.
MilesMk1 (11:08:30 PM): And I'm out of Karma...
MilesMk1 (11:08:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 4
MilesMk1 (11:08:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Dragcrell (11:08:41 PM): lol
MilesMk1 (11:08:47 PM): %&^^*!
MilesMk1 (11:08:54 PM): Again, at +2?
Thematrian1 (11:08:59 PM): That was unusually cruel of the die roller.
Thematrian1 (11:09:01 PM): Very well.
MilesMk1 (11:09:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:09:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:09:11 PM): How far away is the blimp?
MilesMk1 (11:09:12 PM): Yes!!!
Dragcrell (11:09:16 PM): "So do we go then?"
MilesMk1 (11:09:28 PM): *sighs heavily as the painkillers kick in*
Thematrian1 (11:09:42 PM): nice. Blake, you've got some serious internal damage and you desperately need real medical care, but for now you're good enough.
Umbrafer (11:10:49 PM): *Snags some painkillers herself. The lighter stuff, what's left of it.)
Umbrafer (11:10:51 PM): **
MilesMk1 (11:10:58 PM): "I can stay functional for a few hours. I should be able to shoot ok if necessary, just don't ask me to fight anyone up close..."
MilesMk1 (11:11:43 PM): "I'd really rather not fight those fucking beetles again. They made the wasps we came across before look like puppies."
MilesMk1 (11:12:09 PM): "Least we can do is see where it leads us... Once we know, then we decide how to take our chances."
Umbrafer (11:12:13 PM): "Isn't that backwards? None of this makes sense…"
Dragcrell (11:12:15 PM): *Holds up a hand and unsheaths her claws* "no worrrys therrre. ok lest see wherrre it is we go." *sheaths claws and gives alex the diretions*
MilesMk1 (11:12:37 PM): "What's backwards, again?"
Umbrafer (11:12:51 PM): "Beetles worse than Wasps."
MilesMk1 (11:13:34 PM): "The beetles were huge. I don't know, maybe they were special."
MilesMk1 (11:13:54 PM): "The tougher wasps... They barely got through the armor. These fuckers..."
Dragcrell (11:14:38 PM): "down the to the intersection there." *points to where the beetle is*
Umbrafer (11:15:19 PM): *Drive*
MilesMk1 (11:16:10 PM): "By the way, I appreciate all this... If we get out of this shithole, let me know if you need help replacing those drones..."
Thematrian1 (11:17:05 PM): SC is able to lead the way. Ten minutes later, you're approaching a garishly-painted three-story building that calls itself The Funzone
MilesMk1 (11:17:38 PM): "Hey, did that Albino head anywhere near here?"
Thematrian1 (11:18:00 PM): No; his vector was ~60 degrees off of yours
Umbrafer (11:18:47 PM): *Takes careful note of this location*
Umbrafer (11:18:49 PM): It looks established?
Dragcrell (11:19:13 PM): *looks the place over*
Thematrian1 (11:19:36 PM): Established, then dis-established. The first floor walls are covered with graffiti
Umbrafer (11:19:45 PM): Well
MilesMk1 (11:19:46 PM): *takes some time to clean himself up a bit*
MilesMk1 (11:20:04 PM): "What's our guide doing?"
Umbrafer (11:20:05 PM): It looks like the kind of place someone has set up shop in, rather than someplace that they're going to move from to keep safe in a week?
Thematrian1 (11:20:42 PM): how would you tell, from the outside?
Dragcrell (11:21:20 PM): "by doorrr to building."
Umbrafer (11:21:46 PM): I can't, not beyond a doubt, but territory markers are generally a hint
Dragcrell (11:21:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 6 4 1
Dragcrell (11:21:57 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:21:58 PM): fair enough. Let's see some Gang Identification
Umbrafer (11:22:07 PM): Signs that they are declaring this to be their space, rather than hoping no one notices. Defaultable?
Thematrian1 (11:22:24 PM): hm. Yeah, ok
Umbrafer (11:22:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 6 3 1 1 5
Umbrafer (11:22:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (11:22:37 PM): anyone else with GI or a useful equivalent can get in on this, by the way
Umbrafer (11:22:45 PM): After mod, 4, crap.
Thematrian1 (11:23:34 PM): well, you can't be sure, but the graffiti on the front face seems to have a unified artistic style and theme: lots of blood-drenched claws, mostly
Umbrafer (11:24:09 PM): Good times, as it were.
Umbrafer (11:25:41 PM): "So who gets to go in?"
Thematrian1 (11:26:09 PM): SC has already left the van
MilesMk1 (11:26:30 PM): "I guess it's only right I come."
MilesMk1 (11:27:42 PM): I go as I am - though I sling the rifle over a shoulder, rather than carrying it at the ready.
Dragcrell (11:27:56 PM): *Turns head around* "stubberrrn and therrre is morrre and morrre death in this place."
MilesMk1 (11:28:13 PM): "Lovely."
MilesMk1 (11:28:21 PM): "Stubborn? What is?"
Dragcrell (11:29:21 PM): "City is heavy with it. You." *walks to the door weary tho keeping a eye on the allyways*
MilesMk1 (11:29:54 PM): "Perhaps we should announce ourselves..."
MilesMk1 (11:30:29 PM): *in a raised voice* "We come with a message for Deadeye."
MilesMk1 (11:30:41 PM): In a low shout, actually.
Dragcrell (11:31:11 PM): "just be rrready to move if they decide to play hunterrr."
MilesMk1 (11:31:18 PM): "Yeah."
Thematrian1 (11:32:43 PM): A window in the door opens. The view is blocked by a large plastic clown with a speaker in its mouth, which says "Welcome to Funlanunlanunlanunlanunlanunlanunlan..."
Umbrafer (11:33:13 PM): (Aw crap, did the Halloweeners open up a Chicago chapter?)
Thematrian1 (11:34:20 PM): actions? The clown is still stuttering
Dragcrell (11:34:26 PM): *just growls at the clown/door*
MilesMk1 (11:35:12 PM): *towards the window* "We have a message for Deadeye."
Thematrian1 (11:36:20 PM): the clown's voice slowly drops about three octaves
Thematrian1 (11:38:41 PM): another minute, and you hear somebody bash it from behind
Thematrian1 (11:38:47 PM): it trails off, and the door opens
Dragcrell (11:39:10 PM): *glares at the person that opened the door*
Thematrian1 (11:39:25 PM): A big, sleepy-looking ork is standing on the other side, looking down at Blake
Umbrafer (11:39:32 PM): (What does Clown B/R default to?)
Thematrian1 (11:39:38 PM): (Strength, apparently)
Umbrafer (11:40:19 PM): (Same as Television B/R. What a coincidence.)
MilesMk1 (11:40:33 PM): #Sort of casual about security...#
Thematrian1 (11:40:43 PM): "Sorry. It always does that. Did you want something?"
MilesMk1 (11:41:11 PM): "I've been sent here with a message for Deadeye. Supposed to deliver it to him myself."
Umbrafer (11:41:43 PM): (Oh man.)
Umbrafer (11:41:49 PM): (This is going to turn ugly.)
Dragcrell (11:42:05 PM): (for who? :-D)
Umbrafer (11:42:21 PM): (For Nameless, and for us.)
MilesMk1 (11:42:26 PM): (Why? I mean, it's true...)
Thematrian1 (11:42:27 PM): The ork's face falls. "Aw shit. Look, sawed-off, the boss the is busy, ok?"
MilesMk1 (11:42:41 PM): (Ok, never mind.)
Dragcrell (11:43:03 PM): *lets out a loud growl* "Get him unbusy."
MilesMk1 (11:43:07 PM): "Just tell him some people from *area the bug house was* sent me with a message."
Thematrian1 (11:43:11 PM): (Jon has some kind of psychic link to me, swear to God)
Dragcrell (11:43:20 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 5 3 1
Umbrafer (11:43:32 PM): ( :) )
MilesMk1 (11:44:04 PM): BTW, does he seem to not notice I have an AR over my shoulder and smell like gunpowder and blood, or just doesn't seem to care?
Thematrian1 (11:44:28 PM): He doesn't seem to care.
Thematrian1 (11:44:34 PM): He seems at least 1/4 asleep, honestly.
Thematrian1 (11:44:54 PM): The growl gets his attention. "Look, I don't know who the frag you guys are...frag it. Go sit in the ball pit and he'll maybe talk to you, ok?"
MilesMk1 (11:45:56 PM): "Sure."
Thematrian1 (11:46:06 PM): He turns his back to you and walks into the building
Thematrian1 (11:47:08 PM): follow?
Dragcrell (11:47:13 PM): *rummbling growl* "I think they wanted therrre pay ment farrrly quickly but not rrrealy my conserrrn if they send a few of therrre otherrr "pets" to collect."
MilesMk1 (11:47:30 PM): I follow.
Dragcrell (11:48:21 PM): *follows Blake and looks around the place*
Thematrian1 (11:48:54 PM): There's a short entry hallway, complete with large mechanical clown, that opens into a central room that takes up the entire first floor
Thematrian1 (11:49:40 PM): It's full of...stuff. Strobe lights, disco balls, a holographic something-or-other in the center (presently showing Neil the Ork Barbarian reruns to a small crowd of orks and humans)
Thematrian1 (11:49:46 PM): To your immediate left is, yes, a ball pit
Thematrian1 (11:49:52 PM): A big pit in the floor
Thematrian1 (11:49:55 PM): full of plastic balls
Thematrian1 (11:50:01 PM): red, yellow, and blue
MilesMk1 (11:50:15 PM): Anyone actually sitting around it?
Thematrian1 (11:50:32 PM): nope
Thematrian1 (11:50:48 PM): To your immediate left are some game machines with jackpoints
Dragcrell (11:50:49 PM): *stands with there back to a wall that gives a good view of the room*
MilesMk1 (11:51:03 PM): Well, I'll stand vaguely near it, but I'm definitely not getting in it.
Thematrian1 (11:51:06 PM): dangling over them is a huge rubber snake
Umbrafer (11:51:08 PM): Hm.
MilesMk1 (11:51:25 PM): Any of the orks and humans appear armed? Cybered?
Thematrian1 (11:51:30 PM): yes, they all are
MilesMk1 (11:51:40 PM): The latter too?
Thematrian1 (11:52:10 PM): All armed. Cybered...well, they probably mostly have some degree of muscle augmentation. Biceps like those just plain ain
Thematrian1 (11:52:13 PM): 't natural
Dragcrell (11:52:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 5 5 1
Thematrian1 (11:52:27 PM): Your guide turns back around. "Go on, just get in the ball pit, ok?"
MilesMk1 (11:52:38 PM): "Thanks, I think I'll stand."
Dragcrell (11:52:39 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:52:53 PM): If Alex would guess what I guessed, keeping in mind that her Intelligence is probably at least two points higher than mine, she radios to Blake: #Don't start shooting when they bring the payment out.#
Umbrafer (11:52:58 PM): If she wouldn't, she doesn't.
MilesMk1 (11:53:44 PM): #You're thinking it's going to be people?#
Thematrian1 (11:54:01 PM): Is SC getting in the ball pit?
Thematrian1 (11:54:13 PM): "A'right, but don't blame me if he won't come out for you."
Umbrafer (11:54:19 PM): #I think it's going to be people we know.#
Dragcrell (11:54:20 PM): *gives the Ork the finger when the pit is mentioned*
Thematrian1 (11:55:22 PM): The ork wanders away, onto to the other side of the strobe light generator
Thematrian1 (11:55:28 PM): Neil hacks some guy's head off.
Thematrian1 (11:55:37 PM): A cheer goes up.
MilesMk1 (11:56:23 PM): #If it is, there's no point in shooting if we can just walk out of here with them, right?#
Umbrafer (11:56:51 PM): #Yeah. Just want to make sure you're prepared.#
MilesMk1 (11:57:14 PM): #Besides, I find internal bleeding really makes everything go flat.#
Thematrian1 (11:57:58 PM): The ork wanders back. "Hey, he says, he can't come, he's sending one of his friends, ok?"
MilesMk1 (11:58:36 PM): "As long as it's someone who can speak for him, and knows what to do with the message, I don't care."
Dragcrell (11:58:56 PM): *stays quiet but watchfull*
Thematrian1 (11:58:59 PM): "Okay. Some new guy, I dunno."
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