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Umbrafer (8:31:00 PM): And to you as well.
MilesMk1 (8:31:01 PM): I'm ready not to be greviously wounded again.
MilesMk1 (8:31:09 PM): Thanks. To you too.
delioch (8:31:14 PM): pi day?
MilesMk1 (8:31:18 PM): 3.14
MilesMk1 (8:31:22 PM): March 14th.
MilesMk1 (8:31:27 PM): Math geek joke. ;)
Umbrafer (8:31:30 PM): I'll have to throw a party in 2015.
Thematrian1 (8:31:33 PM): (Yes. Pi is a numerical constant that starts 3.14 . Today is 3/14)
Thematrian1 (8:31:35 PM): Seriously
Thematrian1 (8:31:42 PM): That's a chance that doesn't come every day
Dragcrell (8:31:58 PM): errrrr ok
delioch (8:32:06 PM): oh....i will try not to make fun
Umbrafer (8:32:11 PM): :)
Dragcrell (8:33:06 PM): tho you do relised thats if there is a 2015 ;3
MilesMk1 (8:33:19 PM): You may recall I mentioned playing in a D&D game?
Umbrafer (8:33:23 PM): Well, and if I survive VITAS.
MilesMk1 (8:34:11 PM): I actually play a dwarf in it as well (no, I don't always play dwarves, it's just a weird coincidence) and he too very nearly died during the last session I played, due to giant insects.
Thematrian1 (8:34:21 PM): Nice.
Dragcrell (8:34:21 PM): eh VITAS is the easy part hard parts survniveing all the shit that would go down when the mana comes back to full force
Umbrafer (8:34:24 PM): You and bugs. Bad combination.
Thematrian1 (8:34:28 PM): GM synchronicity
Umbrafer (8:34:30 PM): Meh
Umbrafer (8:34:35 PM): I'm not in the midwest or anything
Umbrafer (8:34:41 PM): I have little to fear from SAIM.
Dragcrell (8:35:06 PM): mmmm good thaing I'm in the North West then heheheheehe
MilesMk1 (8:35:27 PM): Montana is in the NW?
MilesMk1 (8:35:34 PM): Sorry.
Umbrafer (8:35:35 PM): You'll get kicked out when the US breaks up.
MilesMk1 (8:35:55 PM): I just missed out on having to memorize states and capitals in grade school, and it comes back to haunt me.
Dragcrell (8:36:00 PM): Saddly I dont think we would even notes that fact lol
Thematrian1 (8:36:37 PM): Anyhoo. When we left our heroes, they were asleep. Except for Alex, who was tossing and turning; someone laundered these sheets recently.
MilesMk1 (8:36:39 PM): Seriously, though, what does Montana adjoin?
Dragcrell (8:37:42 PM): ( Idaho, Wyoming, South/North dakota, and Canda and no I dont think most of them are spelled right)
MilesMk1 (8:38:00 PM): (Actually...)
MilesMk1 (8:38:17 PM): (I think it's the first time ever, but aside from the lack of an apostrophe... ;))
MilesMk1 (8:38:37 PM): (Oh, well, and Canada, but as everyone knows they're not a real country.)
Dragcrell (8:38:49 PM): (lol)
MilesMk1 (8:39:17 PM): Anyway... Unless more than one hour had passed, I was actually unconscious.
delioch (8:39:18 PM): (but the nat. anthium rocks)
Thematrian1 (8:39:42 PM): ah yes. So I guess only Shadowcat was sleeping
Thematrian1 (8:39:56 PM): (If you're gonna crush my dreams here, Heath, do it quick ;-)
Dragcrell (8:41:20 PM): (awwww now you know I'm not the only one that brings caose to the game ;3 )
Umbrafer (8:41:59 PM): (He also missed an "a" in Canada)
Thematrian1 (8:42:52 PM): Alex: these are the itchiest sheets you've ever had the displeasure to sleep on
Umbrafer (8:43:31 PM): *Mutters* *Toss, turn* What's the floor like?
MilesMk1 (8:43:37 PM): (I know. See my comment on Canda.)
Umbrafer (8:43:50 PM): (Oh, yeah, missed the reference there)
Thematrian1 (8:44:07 PM): Cement. Not too terribly cold, since this is late August in Chicago
Umbrafer (8:45:14 PM): *Gets up, paces a little*
Thematrian1 (8:46:24 PM): Blake: did you make healing rolls already?
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MilesMk1 (8:46:51 PM): Yes.
Umbrafer (8:47:06 PM): *Blinks, looks at arm*
Thematrian1 (8:47:13 PM): ok. Eventually you cross over from unconsciousness to mere sleep.
MilesMk1 (8:47:25 PM): It's going to take me 1 hour to recover one box of stun, and 2 days to go from M to L physical.
Umbrafer (8:47:27 PM): *Swears, goes over to sheets, sniffs, swears a bit more*
Umbrafer (8:47:35 PM): (All under breath, of course)
Thematrian1 (8:47:39 PM): (Naturally)
Thematrian1 (8:47:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 3 3 3 3 2 3
Thematrian1 (8:47:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
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Thematrian1 (8:48:22 PM): A resonant bass voice from the doorway: "Everything all right?"
Umbrafer (8:48:40 PM): (Whose doorway?)
Thematrian1 (8:48:58 PM): (Yours, and incidentally four sleeping garage rats)
Thematrian1 (8:49:02 PM): (Alex's)
Umbrafer (8:50:13 PM): *Blinks sleepily, turns*
Thematrian1 (8:50:33 PM): It's Accident. How the devil such such a big troll move so quietly?
Umbrafer (8:51:20 PM): "Just allergies." *holds up whichever arm has more of a rash* "Know where I can get some cleanish water to rinse the sheets with?"
MilesMk1 (8:52:23 PM): (What are you allergic to?)
Thematrian1 (8:52:35 PM): "The water stopped flowing hours ago. I gave orders to hoard it before then, but we'd best keep it for drinking."
Umbrafer (8:53:15 PM): (Several things)
Umbrafer (8:54:03 PM): "Damn. No problem, I'll live."
Thematrian1 (8:54:48 PM): He nods.
Umbrafer (8:55:27 PM): "We have any not-too-dirty sheets that haven't gone through?"
Umbrafer (8:55:54 PM): "Maybe in the morning I'll try to raid my apartment…"
Thematrian1 (8:56:00 PM): "There's a laundry service three streets up. We could steal some."
Umbrafer (8:56:12 PM): *Muttered* "All the little things we take for granted…"
Umbrafer (8:56:17 PM): (Erk, be right back)
Thematrian1 (8:57:47 PM): Shadowcat ends up in the same room as Blake; it's comparatively unnocupied
Umbrafer (8:59:47 PM): (Back) "Anything unpleasant between here and there?"
Umbrafer (9:00:12 PM): *Looks at the floor, trying to judge how soft it is*
MilesMk1 (9:00:24 PM): Are people avoiding me?
Dragcrell (9:00:56 PM): (lol well if that was the resion they have a much better one to avoid the room now ;3 )
Thematrian1 (9:02:01 PM): More like, they're avoiding the sickroom.
Thematrian1 (9:02:30 PM): Hey, come to think of it, right now you're sharing space with that guy you rescued from the wasp. Not that either of you is in shape to appreciate it.
Umbrafer (9:02:52 PM): (I feel honored, I'm allowed to be out of the sickroom :) )
Thematrian1 (9:03:03 PM): (More like, you're conscious enough to avoid it)
Umbrafer (9:03:46 PM): (That too, I guess. How does Shadowcat end up in there?))
Umbrafer (9:03:48 PM): *-)
Dragcrell (9:03:57 PM): ( *nods*not as if the fact the wird knife wilding person thats sleeping there now isn't something new to be worryed about lol )
Thematrian1 (9:04:17 PM): (She was looking for an unoccupied place to sleep. She settled for "relatively unoccupied")
Dragcrell (9:04:30 PM): ^_^
MilesMk1 (9:04:42 PM): (Let me see how quickly I recover...)
MilesMk1 (9:04:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 3 2 6 4 5
MilesMk1 (9:04:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 5 6 3 3 1
MilesMk1 (9:05:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 3 6 2 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:05:18 PM): 2.5 hours to get to 6 boxes of stun...
MilesMk1 (9:05:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 1 4 6 2 5 2 2
Thematrian1 (9:05:32 PM): Let me know when you hit 8 hours.
MilesMk1 (9:05:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 2 2 2 5 3
MilesMk1 (9:05:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 1 5 5 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:05:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 6 2 5 4 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:06:03 PM): 6.5 to get to 3...
MilesMk1 (9:06:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 4 3 3 2 2
MilesMk1 (9:06:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 1 3 1 2 4 4 5
MilesMk1 (9:06:21 PM): 8.5 hours to get to 2 boxes.
MilesMk1 (9:06:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 6 6 6 4 3
MilesMk1 (9:07:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 2 4 5 3 6
MilesMk1 (9:07:35 PM): And, 9 hours and 5 minutes to recover completely.
Thematrian1 (9:07:42 PM): hah
MilesMk1 (9:07:43 PM): Assuming I get to rest.
Umbrafer (9:07:50 PM): "I'll check on the laundry place in the morning, thanks for the tip." *tries to smile convincingly, then works on finding a soft spot on the floor*
Umbrafer (9:07:51 PM): Actually
Thematrian1 (9:07:56 PM): Blake awakens 9 hours and 5 minutes later. Shadowcat is curled up in a corner near your bed; the room is otherwise empty (save a few jackpoints along the walls)
Thematrian1 (9:07:59 PM): Actually?
Umbrafer (9:08:44 PM): Before that I'll try stripping the sheets and seeing if the cot's actual surface is contaminated.
MilesMk1 (9:09:31 PM): *blearily scans surroundings*
Thematrian1 (9:09:46 PM): The walls are bare, painted maybe thirty years ago
MilesMk1 (9:10:26 PM): Do I recognize the garage and my fellow invalids?
Thematrian1 (9:10:44 PM): you do
Thematrian1 (9:11:03 PM): You also recognize the post-stunbolt headache, just like the time at the air force base
MilesMk1 (9:11:27 PM): *sighs with relief, then realizes he doesn't know who else made it, and tries to bolt out of bed*
MilesMk1 (9:11:45 PM): SC still in the room?
Thematrian1 (9:11:55 PM): You make it to your feet, though the world is spinning wildly now.
Thematrian1 (9:12:01 PM): Yes, SC is there
MilesMk1 (9:12:14 PM): What am I dressed in, and what happened to the bleeding hole in my stomach?
Thematrian1 (9:12:17 PM): No one else you recognize, though.
MilesMk1 (9:12:29 PM): *shakes SC awake if necessary, and if she doesn't look badly hurt*
MilesMk1 (9:12:40 PM): "What happened to everyone else?"
Thematrian1 (9:12:58 PM): SC: reaction?
Thematrian1 (9:13:01 PM): (She doesn't)
Thematrian1 (9:13:04 PM): T
Thematrian1 (9:13:11 PM): Er. SC: what is your response?
MilesMk1 (9:13:22 PM): (So Jerome isn't in the sick room, despite his wounds, right?)
Thematrian1 (9:13:32 PM): (Correct)
Dragcrell (9:13:47 PM): *flicks a ear*
MilesMk1 (9:15:01 PM): *hisses through his teeth in combination of pain and frustration, and heads out to find out for himself if he's not naked*
MilesMk1 (9:15:16 PM): Heads out if he's not naked, I mean.
Thematrian1 (9:15:40 PM): Heh, I figured
Thematrian1 (9:16:14 PM): You discover for yourself that you are not naked; you're wearing the same clothes that you were wearing when you got taken down at the Fun House. Someone changed the dressings on your bandages, though.
Dragcrell (9:16:21 PM): *moves then steaches letting out a meowr then looks about*
MilesMk1 (9:17:08 PM): "Morning. Did everyone else make it back?"
MilesMk1 (9:17:17 PM): *anxiously*
MilesMk1 (9:17:50 PM): *wishes for a plant mister*
Dragcrell (9:17:54 PM): *nods* "yes don't know if yourrr frrreind everrr came in orrr not was in van last night"
Thematrian1 (9:18:18 PM): (Plant mister?)
MilesMk1 (9:18:29 PM): (guaranteed to get a cat up and about)
MilesMk1 (9:18:50 PM): "So, what happened? How'd we get out of there?"
MilesMk1 (9:19:16 PM): (Though I have a friend who uses a super-soaker for the same purpose...)
Thematrian1 (9:19:36 PM): (Ah. Something that mists plants. As opposed to a plant who is addressed courteously)
Umbrafer (9:20:24 PM): ( :) )
Dragcrell (9:21:04 PM): "I carrrryed you out well have to ask Alex how yourrr frrreind made it out." *fixes hood, face scarf, and coak then heads out of the room*
MilesMk1 (9:22:32 PM): "Oh. Thanks." *at her back as he sits down for a moment*
MilesMk1 (9:23:26 PM): *makes an effort to get things to stop spinning, then takes off the armored jacket, and goes off to try to stick his head under the sink*
MilesMk1 (9:23:56 PM): *curses on finding out there's no water, and goes off to locate Alex, Jerome and all his other buddies*
Thematrian1 (9:24:05 PM): You stick your head under the sink, but...yeah
Umbrafer (9:25:02 PM): I need to get me a pipe-repair bot.
Thematrian1 (9:25:12 PM): Jerome you find on a hydraulic lift, with Accident and Arty standing over him.
MilesMk1 (9:25:29 PM): (Arty being the... mage?)
Thematrian1 (9:25:32 PM): Arty has his eyes rolled back, and is muttering something low and fast under his breath
Thematrian1 (9:25:34 PM): (Yep)
MilesMk1 (9:25:50 PM): *waits for Arty to stop muttering*
MilesMk1 (9:25:56 PM): *nods to Accident*
Thematrian1 (9:28:15 PM): Arty finishes. The burns on Jerome's chest abruptly look much less apalling. If it wasn't for the splinted leg, he'd look more or less ok
MilesMk1 (9:28:41 PM): Is he conscious?
Thematrian1 (9:28:57 PM): No
MilesMk1 (9:28:59 PM): "How's he doing?" / "How're you doing?" (depending on circumstances)
Dragcrell (9:29:01 PM): (Busted pipes on your end Var?)
Thematrian1 (9:29:30 PM): Arty looks exhausted. "Just what the hell did you guys do? This guy looks like he got hit by a rocket launcher!"
Umbrafer (9:29:51 PM): (Interesting choice of words.)
delioch (9:30:14 PM): (hehe)
Umbrafer (9:30:19 PM): (Well, I'd love to find out if the water's out 'cause of a busted pipe or 'cause the pumping station's out.)
Umbrafer (9:30:27 PM): (If the latter, we might be able to stage a raid/repair.)
MilesMk1 (9:30:53 PM): "I don't know, I was unconscious."
MilesMk1 (9:30:59 PM): "Didn't Alex say?"
MilesMk1 (9:31:22 PM): "Sorry... I meant to say, thanks for your help."
Thematrian1 (9:31:24 PM): "Alex didn't say shit. Is she even awake?"
Thematrian1 (9:31:45 PM): He manages to smile. "It's ok. Your friend's out of danger, I guess; your doctor friend was here earlier."
Dragcrell (9:31:59 PM): *sits down on the floor* "Could have been the Orrrk did have one."
MilesMk1 (9:32:08 PM): "We were in the middle of a conversation with a guy holding a rocket launcher when some mage nailed me with a stun spell..."
MilesMk1 (9:32:51 PM): "...lousy bastard, if I hadn't lost all that blood..."
MilesMk1 (9:33:11 PM): "Well, thanks again, I'll go see if Alex is up."
Thematrian1 (9:33:13 PM): "Jeremy, right? He says your friend will be ok, but that he shouldn't do whatever he did again."
MilesMk1 (9:33:31 PM): "Jeremy, right."
Dragcrell (9:33:33 PM): "If you hadn't lied may have gone diffrrrent.'
Dragcrell (9:33:41 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 3 4 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:33:51 PM): "If you hadn't threatened him..."
Thematrian1 (9:34:03 PM): Arty watches the incipient argument with alarm
MilesMk1 (9:34:19 PM): Oh, I'm too tired to really get into it...
MilesMk1 (9:34:46 PM): That, and I appreciate being carried out of there, so I just sort of say it automatically, off-hand, without any real heat in it.
Dragcrell (9:34:53 PM): "Only said trrruth about the otherrr mage.'
Dragcrell (9:35:09 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 1 6 3
Dragcrell (9:35:16 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
Dragcrell (9:35:23 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (9:35:32 PM): "Mhmm..."
MilesMk1 (9:35:58 PM): "Well, we're all still alive..."
MilesMk1 (9:36:20 PM): "Let me see what Alex' been up to."
Dragcrell (9:36:27 PM): "yes and found yourrr frrreind."
MilesMk1 (9:36:40 PM): "True. And I do appreciate it."
MilesMk1 (9:37:23 PM): "I'm just not a morning person." *smiles tiredly, stumbles off to look for Alex*
MilesMk1 (9:37:50 PM): *says hello to anyone met on the way*
Thematrian1 (9:38:10 PM): It's all people you don't recognize; the place is just starting to come to life.
Thematrian1 (9:38:41 PM): Eventually, you and Alex find each other. Remind me, Jon: what was Alex doing?
Dragcrell (9:39:12 PM): *watches the goings on*
MilesMk1 (9:39:30 PM): Scratching, probably...
Thematrian1 (9:39:47 PM): Well, probably not anymore, if she successfully avoided the sheets all night.
Thematrian1 (9:39:54 PM): The cot itself was not significantly contaminated
delioch (9:40:28 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 5
Umbrafer (9:40:39 PM): Sleeping on the cot, or trying to.
delioch (9:40:45 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:40:53 PM): With the sheets off, natch.
MilesMk1 (9:41:05 PM): Well, if she's asleep, I'll leave her alone. If not, I say hello.
Umbrafer (9:41:45 PM): Depending on how quickly I got to sleep, I may or may not be awake
Umbrafer (9:41:52 PM): Meh, I'm probably not yet.
Umbrafer (9:41:59 PM): It's been a long few days.
Thematrian1 (9:42:14 PM): You find Alex. She's still dead to the world.
MilesMk1 (9:43:14 PM): *goes off to get cleaned up, duct-tape over the holes in the armor, throw on a clean (or clean-ish) t-shirt, and checks with Jeremy to see what Jerome's condition is, and whether he needs to worry about his gut wound.*
Dragcrell (9:43:50 PM): (lol good old duct-tape lol)
Thematrian1 (9:44:48 PM): As you're looking for the duct tape, you spot one of the police/military/whatever guys that you captured. He smiles uncertainly when he sees you; he's making himself breakfast and is not restrained in any way
MilesMk1 (9:47:19 PM): *waves vaguely* "Someone finally set you loose? Good, I've been meaning to, but things have been so damn busy... Just watch out for Alex, I think she'll never be a big fan of you guys..."
Thematrian1 (9:47:48 PM): He looks relieved. "Accident did, last night. And thanks for the tip."
Thematrian1 (9:48:42 PM): He finishes wrapping whole fake mushrooms in strips of fake steak, and wanders off with his concoction and a plastic plate
MilesMk1 (9:49:19 PM): "No problem..."
MilesMk1 (9:49:41 PM): *thinks that there was something he was meaning to ask them about, but can't remember what*
MilesMk1 (9:49:54 PM): *continues with his search for duct tape and Jeremy*
Thematrian1 (9:50:39 PM): You find Jeremy first. He's set up his gear in yet another hastily converted office, and has some ork's leg most of the way open.
Thematrian1 (9:51:56 PM): He doesn't notice you.
Thematrian1 (9:52:10 PM): The ork, I should add, is unconscious for this part. Two others are looking on worriedly.
MilesMk1 (9:52:40 PM): *finds a place to sit down and waits* (on the floor is fine if there's no better spot)
Thematrian1 (9:54:02 PM): You get the floor. Most of an hour later, Jeremy glues the Ork back up.
Thematrian1 (9:54:48 PM): He's got a metal basin on a heater, full of water; he dials it to a boil, then back down, and washes his hands.
Thematrian1 (9:54:52 PM): Only then does he notice you.
Thematrian1 (9:55:44 PM): "Hi Blake. Step up in the world, isn't it?"
MilesMk1 (9:57:58 PM): Is he being sarcastic, or actually seem happy not to be doing slave labor?
Thematrian1 (9:58:09 PM): He sounds sincere
MilesMk1 (9:58:26 PM): Well... I meant to say, happy with his new position. (since he's certainly had to work hard)
Thematrian1 (9:58:48 PM): But not as a slave. The difference is psychological, but very real
MilesMk1 (9:58:54 PM): "Glad to have been of help."
MilesMk1 (9:59:09 PM): "Hope we haven't been running you ragged, with all the casualties coming in..."
Thematrian1 (10:00:55 PM): He shakes his head, then focuses his attention on you.
Thematrian1 (10:01:11 PM): "That reminds me: what did you do yesterday?"
Thematrian1 (10:01:36 PM): "I took a look at your injuries, whoever did the first aid did a good job, but did you get cut with a giant steak knife or what?"
MilesMk1 (10:02:22 PM): "Tried to rescue Jerome. Well, did rescue Jerome, after a fashion. Though I have to admit, when I planned it I was envisioning something more dignified than getting carried back unconscious by a giant cat-girl."
MilesMk1 (10:03:16 PM): "Though that *points at stomach* actually happened before. Beetle mandible, if you can believe that."
Thematrian1 (10:03:33 PM): "The beetle that walks like a man?"
MilesMk1 (10:03:55 PM): "Huh?"
MilesMk1 (10:04:46 PM): "No, one of those damn bug spirits running around the place. Two of them, actually, about seven feet long."
Thematrian1 (10:05:04 PM): "Just trying to picture the beetle big enough to leave wounds like that. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, after what I heard from these two." He waves casually at the two onlookers, who nod politely back.
Thematrian1 (10:05:18 PM): He nods. "And your friend...did someone set him on fire?"
Thematrian1 (10:06:31 PM): "I tried to get a coherent accident report out of your rigger friend but I'm not sure she was awake."
MilesMk1 (10:06:34 PM): "You know, I wasn't able to find out. I was passed out when it happened, Alex is asleep, and the cat lady is hard to get a straight answer out of, and I really need some coffee, so I gave up."
Thematrian1 (10:06:49 PM): He smiles. "Coffee I have."
Thematrian1 (10:06:57 PM): "Privileges of being the man with the pain meds."
MilesMk1 (10:07:03 PM): "There was a guy with a rocket launcher..."
Thematrian1 (10:07:16 PM): Jeremy just shakes his head in dismay.
Thematrian1 (10:08:17 PM): "He's out of danger, at any rate. It's astonishing; when you brought him in here I was ready to hunt up a body bag."
MilesMk1 (10:08:42 PM): "Tough kid."
MilesMk1 (10:09:28 PM): "That's the second time in... like, a month, or so, that he pulled through like that."
Thematrian1 (10:09:54 PM): "Resilience of youth. He a friend of yours?"
Thematrian1 (10:10:19 PM): As he says all this, he's preparing coffee in a plastic cup
MilesMk1 (10:11:18 PM): "I'm not sure, exactly... I actually found him getting his head stomped on, had one of my irrational moments of... something or other, and had him taken to a hospital."
MilesMk1 (10:12:19 PM): "After spending 15K getting his skull back together, I sort of figure it'd be a shame to let him get it split open again, and I was trying to figure out what to do about him when all this *waves a hand* hit."
MilesMk1 (10:12:25 PM): figured
Thematrian1 (10:12:34 PM): He smiles to himself. "Only you, Blake."
Thematrian1 (10:13:09 PM): (woah, brb)
MilesMk1 (10:13:21 PM): "Yeah, well, it made perfect sense at the time."
Umbrafer (10:13:26 PM): (Not more fire, I hope?)
MilesMk1 (10:13:33 PM): (I was about to say...)
MilesMk1 (10:14:55 PM): (Though it could be other things. Raccoons, goats, starving roommates...)
Umbrafer (10:15:19 PM): (Come to that, I think you're the only person who hasn't had a bizarre interruption thus far)
Dragcrell (10:16:36 PM): (lol hey now 3" of snow on the sat modem dish isn't that bizarre nether is haveing ones Goats getting out of there pen well ok lest around here )
delioch (10:16:38 PM): (:-D)
MilesMk1 (10:17:52 PM): (I came close once, when I grabbed for a bottle of visine while concentrating on the screen and picked up superglue instead, but I stopped myself in time. Think I'd have won, with that one, but I'm just as glad I didn't.)
delioch (10:17:57 PM): (where in the world do you live?)
delioch (10:18:20 PM): (hehehe)
Umbrafer (10:18:23 PM): (Yes, yes you would have.)
Thematrian1 (10:18:25 PM): Is there anyone here named Amanda?
MilesMk1 (10:18:32 PM): Well...
MilesMk1 (10:18:40 PM): No.
Umbrafer (10:18:42 PM): I don't think so, but it gets difficult remembering all the fake SINs.
delioch (10:18:43 PM): (no)
Thematrian1 (10:18:48 PM): There's a drunlken man at my door, and he wants to talk to Amanda
Dragcrell (10:18:55 PM): ( *snickers* tryign for a Amarican pie 2 moment there?)
Thematrian1 (10:19:02 PM): Anyway
MilesMk1 (10:19:23 PM): (I actually came closer than you'd think was possible. I think it was the acrid smell that saved me...)
Thematrian1 (10:19:30 PM): (And thank God for that)
Dragcrell (10:19:42 PM): (ROFL)
delioch (10:19:49 PM): (shacks head)
Thematrian1 (10:19:55 PM): Jeremy addresses the onlookers: "The sedation will wear off in about an hour. Try to find a bed for him until then."
Thematrian1 (10:20:01 PM): Unless someone interferes, they cart him out.
Thematrian1 (10:20:04 PM): Alex, you are awake.
Umbrafer (10:20:36 PM): *Looks around groggily*
Umbrafer (10:21:03 PM): "Shit… alarm didn't go off. What time…"
MilesMk1 (10:21:21 PM): "So, is there anything I need to worry about? Anything I shouldn't do? Besides not doing it again?"
Umbrafer (10:21:21 PM): *Reaches over, hand meets empty air*
Umbrafer (10:21:30 PM): "Wha?"
Umbrafer (10:21:41 PM): *Blinks, shakes head slightly, immediately regrets*
Umbrafer (10:21:46 PM): *Blinks a few more times*
MilesMk1 (10:22:01 PM): *gets to his feet*
Umbrafer (10:22:05 PM): "Oh. Shit."
MilesMk1 (10:22:11 PM): *drinks his coffee*
Umbrafer (10:22:19 PM): *Sits up more slowly, looks around room*
Umbrafer (10:23:32 PM): *Checks on rashes to see if they're still there*
Thematrian1 (10:23:43 PM): They've mfaded to tlerability
Thematrian1 (10:23:58 PM): It's a room. Right now it contains a pair of sleeping orks
Thematrian1 (10:24:03 PM): sprawled on the floor
Umbrafer (10:25:12 PM): *Heads to the shower to wash up* "At least we've got runni…"
Umbrafer (10:25:17 PM): *Stops halfway*
Umbrafer (10:25:21 PM): "Fuck."
Umbrafer (10:25:28 PM): *Considers going back to bed*
Umbrafer (10:26:36 PM): *Settles for looking for Blake and seeing if he's still alive*
MilesMk1 (10:27:34 PM): (Witness my amazing recuperative powers!)
Thematrian1 (10:28:19 PM): Alex finds Blake, who's finishing his coffee
MilesMk1 (10:28:27 PM): "Hey."
Thematrian1 (10:28:40 PM): Jeremy is negotiating with a skinny human guy who wants o more pain pills
Umbrafer (10:29:33 PM): "Hey. You're alive."
MilesMk1 (10:30:18 PM): "Yeah... It was just one of those knock-out spells, I guess. Like that time at the air base..." *grimaces*
Umbrafer (10:30:19 PM): "Did Jerome make it? What happened in there, anyway?"
MilesMk1 (10:30:51 PM): "You... Yeah, I just saw Jerome. Jeremy and Arty both took a look at him, and seem to think he'll make it."
MilesMk1 (10:31:24 PM): "I don't know exactly, actually. I was talking to that Deadeye shmuck, lying my ass off, and managed to make it to the offer without having him go ballistic..."
MilesMk1 (10:32:19 PM): "SC didn't like something about the situation, or something, and said... I forget, something threatening about a mage that was apparently in the room, and some stuff about the deal..."
MilesMk1 (10:32:51 PM): "Which seemed to make Deadeye angry, and everything went black."
MilesMk1 (10:33:27 PM): "Might have been able to keep conscious in normal circumstances, but after the preceeding couple of days..." *shrugs*
MilesMk1 (10:34:03 PM): "Shit. I guess we need to decide what to do about that beetle guy..."
Umbrafer (10:34:32 PM): "First I knew of it, Jerome was flying out the window and a minute later Essie comes running like a bat out of hell with you over her shoulder"
Dragcrell (10:35:03 PM): ^_-
Thematrian1 (10:35:09 PM): ("Essie"?)
Umbrafer (10:35:28 PM): (Try pronouncing "S.C." quickly)
Dragcrell (10:35:54 PM): ( ahh ok)
delioch (10:36:35 PM): (sure easier to type)
MilesMk1 (10:37:00 PM): "Guess we need to get the whole story out of her."
MilesMk1 (10:37:19 PM): "Though it doesn't sound like she stayed long... Jerome was with us in the room."
MilesMk1 (10:39:13 PM): "Hey, by the way... Accident let our military boys go, I ran into one of them in the kitchen. Told him to stay away from you."
Thematrian1 (10:40:15 PM): (This is one ominous silence)
Umbrafer (10:40:46 PM): (It's an in-character one as well)
Thematrian1 (10:41:02 PM): (So noted)
Dragcrell (10:41:24 PM): (I would bring up crickets but......considering.....*gets a shotgun*)
MilesMk1 (10:42:06 PM): "Was too tired to get annoyed, myself..."
MilesMk1 (10:43:10 PM): *looks for signs of murderous rage*
MilesMk1 (10:43:51 PM): "...and it's not like we were going to execute them after all this time, right?"
Umbrafer (10:44:05 PM): *Looks Blake over, then glances at the back of a hand to note its yellow tinge* "We're not doing so well, are we. Anyone seen Rock?"
MilesMk1 (10:44:41 PM): "Not since we left to look for Jerome."
MilesMk1 (10:44:51 PM): "Wanna see what he's up to?"
MilesMk1 (10:44:59 PM): "Thanks for the coffee, Jeremy."
Thematrian1 (10:45:31 PM): "Any time."
MilesMk1 (10:45:55 PM): "I'll let you know as soon as we have any ideas about finally getting out of this place."
Thematrian1 (10:46:07 PM): "Yeah, about that."
MilesMk1 (10:46:14 PM): "Yeah?"
Thematrian1 (10:46:30 PM): "Some bald kid was in here earlier, talking along those lines. He didn't say anything definite, though."
MilesMk1 (10:46:48 PM): *looks around to make sure no one unwelcome is listening*
Thematrian1 (10:47:22 PM): There's another ork waiting in the doorway, with a bloody rag wrapped around one hand
Thematrian1 (10:47:35 PM): Jeremy invites him in without breaking eye contact with you
MilesMk1 (10:48:21 PM): "Really? I'll talk to accident and let you know what's up, if anything, after we track Rock down."
delioch (10:48:36 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 1 5 5
MilesMk1 (10:49:16 PM): *waves and heads out*
Umbrafer (10:49:42 PM): *Follows along*
Umbrafer (10:49:46 PM): "We need to take stock. Maybe get the water turned back on, if that's possible… but we're in no shape to do it now. Shit, we need a month in a good hospital, not another run…"
MilesMk1 (10:51:06 PM): *quietly, to Alex* "Yeah... I'm just hoping Buck didn't get himself in trouble... I really need to check in on him, he said he had a line of some way out of here."
MilesMk1 (10:51:40 PM): "If he disappeared, we're in no shape to go looking for him..."
MilesMk1 (10:52:08 PM): "And at this point, I'd hesitate to ask you guys to come with me anyway, after all the trouble so far."
MilesMk1 (10:52:45 PM): "Though... Think you'd be up to for a quick drive to his place?"
Umbrafer (10:52:49 PM): "But we would anyway." *Said not so much in a supporting way as in a manner of resigned self-knowledge*
Umbrafer (10:53:11 PM): "Sure. I need to raid a laundromat on the way, if it isn't infested with wasps the size of Volkswagens."
delioch (10:54:03 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 3 3 3
MilesMk1 (10:54:17 PM): "Well... I like the guy, and all, but I'm actually not sure how far I'd go to bail him out, anymore."
MilesMk1 (10:54:53 PM): "Before the beetles, and getting blasted unconscious again, I'd said yes in a hearbeat."
MilesMk1 (10:55:04 PM): (I'd have said)
Thematrian1 (10:55:26 PM): (Jon: what would you say the Barrier rating on a garage door is?)
MilesMk1 (10:55:26 PM): "Let me get my gear, and then we can see if SC wants to come."
MilesMk1 (10:55:32 PM): (Oh, shit.)
Umbrafer (10:55:51 PM): (Depends on the garage door and its intent. Let me consult my chart.)
Thematrian1 (10:55:56 PM): (Much appreciated
MilesMk1 (10:56:10 PM): *gets gear*
Umbrafer (10:56:20 PM): (Sigrun has a fair amount of questionable dealings in here, I don't know to what extent she might have armored it. I'll give you a range.)
Thematrian1 (10:56:23 PM): Blake goes off and arms up. You're left alone.
Thematrian1 (10:56:25 PM): (Thanks)
delioch (10:57:14 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 4 4 6
delioch (10:57:27 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 3
delioch (10:57:49 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (10:58:00 PM): (one sec)
delioch (10:58:03 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:58:04 PM): Figure a minimum of 6 (Heavy Material, standard garage door meant to keep weather and idle pedestrians out), maximum of 24 (armored/reinforced material, military motor pool door stuff).
Thematrian1 (10:58:33 PM): Blake: suddenly, there's a voice behind you. "Have you got a minute, James?"
MilesMk1 (10:58:52 PM): *turns around*
Thematrian1 (10:59:26 PM): It's Edward Ng.
MilesMk1 (11:01:33 PM): "Of course."
MilesMk1 (11:02:09 PM): "Sorry to just drop you off here and run off, but these last few days, I've been wishing I was twins."
Thematrian1 (11:02:20 PM): "Not at all. I came to see how you are."
Thematrian1 (11:02:54 PM): He chuckles. "I've been showing the garage rats how to fight. They're picking up the basics, I'm glad to say."
MilesMk1 (11:03:28 PM): "Ah, you know... Scrambling, a bit, trying not to get completely in over my head. With limited success."
Thematrian1 (11:04:12 PM): He nods. "You've had a difficult few weeks. First that run out of Chicago, and now this."
Thematrian1 (11:04:20 PM): Alex, what were you doing again?
MilesMk1 (11:05:02 PM): "But I think there's a light at the end of the tunnel... If I can only get Buck here, I can finally start thinking about getting the hell out."
MilesMk1 (11:05:33 PM): (Did I tell him about my run out of Chicago? I don't remember anymore. Was it that I just showed up exhausted?)
Umbrafer (11:05:46 PM): I was wandering off to look for Rock and to try to avoid thinking about the fact that I'm heading back out into the field.
Thematrian1 (11:06:12 PM): (You dropped dark hints about brutally graphic it was)
Thematrian1 (11:06:27 PM): (He, and I, have been waiting for like half a year to act on said hints)
MilesMk1 (11:07:05 PM): (Wow, he cares...)
Thematrian1 (11:07:35 PM): (Well, he's been waiting for a day and half. It's me who's been waiting half a year)
MilesMk1 (11:07:46 PM): (Hehe.)
Dragcrell (11:08:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 6 1 5
Dragcrell (11:08:09 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:09:10 PM): He ponders a moment, and seems about to speak, when there's a crash from the garage area.
Thematrian1 (11:09:14 PM): Shadowcat:
MilesMk1 (11:09:42 PM): "I think I'm just going to need a vactation, once all this is ove..."
Thematrian1 (11:10:15 PM): there's a sudden burst from the garage radio: "Fuck Jesus get out of the way!" Then the garage deforms, to the sound of screeching metal
Thematrian1 (11:10:33 PM): garage door deforms
Thematrian1 (11:10:36 PM): It does not break
Thematrian1 (11:10:59 PM): Someone's thin, anxious voice over the radio: "Drek drek drek drek drek drek drek drek..."
Thematrian1 (11:11:06 PM): Outside, there's a whirr of machinery
Thematrian1 (11:11:11 PM): an engine, to be precise
Thematrian1 (11:11:14 PM): Alex, you hear this too
Umbrafer (11:11:42 PM): *Sprint for my RCD or the van, whichever's faster and involves less exposure*
Dragcrell (11:12:17 PM): *Stands up and looks at the door*
Thematrian1 (11:12:24 PM): RCD
delioch (11:12:44 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 2 1 3
delioch (11:13:10 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 1 1
Thematrian1 (11:13:14 PM): WHAM!
Umbrafer (11:13:15 PM): RCD it is.
Thematrian1 (11:13:40 PM): the garage door distorts again; total displacement of about five feet. The material is starting to splint
Thematrian1 (11:13:46 PM): Because it's inside and the van is, you know, not
Umbrafer (11:14:09 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (11:14:10 PM): I figured
Thematrian1 (11:14:46 PM): Ok. Alex has her RCD. Blake? Ng is already moving toward the garage, beckoning to you with his empty hand
delioch (11:14:49 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 5 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:14:50 PM): "Oh, shit... Not again. Back me up?" *races for the garage, gets in cover within sight of the door*
MilesMk1 (11:15:06 PM): (out of sequence, now, so let's pretend I didn't say the "back me up")
Thematrian1 (11:15:15 PM): (Yep)
delioch (11:15:52 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 5
Thematrian1 (11:15:57 PM): Oh, and Shadowcat, what are you up to?
delioch (11:16:07 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Dragcrell (11:16:33 PM): *heads up the wall to a shadowed area and gets ready for a fight*
Thematrian1 (11:16:45 PM): Shadowcat goes up the walls, check.
Thematrian1 (11:16:58 PM): WHAM!
Thematrian1 (11:17:51 PM): This time, the lower half of the door breaks away entirely, revealing the grill of a large trailer truck.
delioch (11:18:05 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 1 1 6
Umbrafer (11:18:12 PM): (Next available action, I jump into the van and take a look)
delioch (11:18:34 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:18:34 PM): *looks around to see who else is in the area*
Thematrian1 (11:19:08 PM): Alex, you're in the van. You're watching a big truck back away from the garage doors. It's backing sidewards down the street; these collisions are edge-on
Thematrian1 (11:19:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 3 2
Thematrian1 (11:20:00 PM): You've got Shadowcat on the ceiling, perhaps ten miscellaneous garage rats running away from the door
Umbrafer (11:20:02 PM): INIT for orderliness, or are we keeping out of combat?
Thematrian1 (11:20:11 PM): Sure, let's go to init
Umbrafer (11:20:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 4
Umbrafer (11:20:38 PM): 25
MilesMk1 (11:20:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:20:56 PM): 16
Thematrian1 (11:20:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 5
Dragcrell (11:21:07 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 5
delioch (11:21:12 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 2 6 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:21:22 PM): (No, that was not an initiative roll)
Dragcrell (11:21:49 PM): 18
Umbrafer (11:22:02 PM): (So we know he isn't a Kamikaze user)
Umbrafer (11:22:07 PM): (Or rather, we don't know that he is one)
Thematrian1 (11:22:19 PM): (So things are much as they were before)
delioch (11:22:20 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 3 4
Thematrian1 (11:22:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 3 6
delioch (11:22:49 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (11:22:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 1
Thematrian1 (11:24:24 PM): ok, Alex has the honor of the first official move
MilesMk1 (11:24:38 PM): #Hey, it's not a tanker truck by any chance, is it?#
Thematrian1 (11:25:04 PM): (No)
Umbrafer (11:25:21 PM): Going for sensor lock on the truck.
Umbrafer (11:25:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 4 6
Umbrafer (11:25:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
Umbrafer (11:25:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:25:46 PM): You fail to achieve lock. This is a milspec truck. Kidding!
Umbrafer (11:26:36 PM): Heh
Umbrafer (11:27:00 PM): I wish I had an EEG charted against my progress reading that line.
Thematrian1 (11:27:27 PM): (14 sig on a heavy industrial mover? I don't tihnk that's even possible)
Thematrian1 (11:27:33 PM): Anyway, ok, locked the truck up.
Thematrian1 (11:27:36 PM): Shadowcat?
delioch (11:27:40 PM): delioch rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 3
delioch (11:27:51 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
delioch (11:28:12 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 2 3 6 5
Dragcrell (11:28:16 PM): anyway to get outside other then the door?
delioch (11:28:25 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:28:31 PM): The garage door is now more of a garage open space.
Thematrian1 (11:28:35 PM): Other than that, no
Dragcrell (11:29:54 PM): *nods* I'll head out staying to the wall as much as I can
Thematrian1 (11:30:07 PM): You swarm toward the door, and get to see the same things Alex saw
Thematrian1 (11:30:09 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (11:30:55 PM): Can I see the truck from where I am?
Thematrian1 (11:31:16 PM): No; it'll be a full Turn before you're even in the garage
MilesMk1 (11:31:47 PM): Ah. In that case, I remove the Ex-Ex clip from my AK, and replace it with one with AV rounds.
Thematrian1 (11:31:51 PM): so noted
MilesMk1 (11:32:03 PM): And continue moving towards the door.
Thematrian1 (11:32:52 PM): Ok. The truck continues to back. Alex?
Umbrafer (11:33:30 PM): If the MMG turret is not deployed, I deploy it. Otherwise, I SEG the truck.
Thematrian1 (11:33:52 PM): You deploy the turret. Shadowcat is outside but out of actions.
Thematrian1 (11:33:54 PM): Alex's third
Umbrafer (11:33:59 PM): SEG.
Thematrian1 (11:34:08 PM): Blake: you burst into the garage, bulling past a swarm of humanity heading the other way.
Umbrafer (11:34:49 PM): This'll be 6+6+2, six-round burst.
Umbrafer (11:34:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 14 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 3 5 4 6 3 3 6 1 4 4 6
Umbrafer (11:35:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 4
Umbrafer (11:35:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:35:17 PM): Here's hoping it isn't armored, or at least not heavily.
Thematrian1 (11:35:25 PM): (What are the TN mods on that? I don't care today, since the truck's sig is about a negative four, but I'd like to know)
Umbrafer (11:35:58 PM): (-3 direct LOS unless there's something funky going on, +2 Urban Environment, +2 wound mods, base TN is Signature.)
MilesMk1 (11:36:04 PM): I curse under my breath about trolls who have the time to point them at me, but aren't around when someone rams the door with a truck.
MilesMk1 (11:36:23 PM): Gah...
Thematrian1 (11:36:31 PM): The magic smoke flies out of the engine. The truck coasts a short way over a mailbox, then crashes to a stop.
MilesMk1 (11:36:32 PM): Trolls with PACs, I meant to say.
Thematrian1 (11:36:41 PM): You managed to put a few bullets through the windshield, too
MilesMk1 (11:37:30 PM): #What the hell was that? Any more hostiles out there?#
delioch (11:37:46 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 1
Umbrafer (11:38:32 PM): #Semi. Scanning now.#
Dragcrell (11:38:55 PM): how close is it to me?
Thematrian1 (11:39:22 PM): ~50 meters
Umbrafer (11:40:07 PM): *Scans for hostiles*
Umbrafer (11:40:12 PM): *Including life inside the cabin*
Umbrafer (11:40:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 6 2
Umbrafer (11:40:19 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:40:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:40:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 4 5 5 5 4
Dragcrell (11:40:25 PM): *nods* I move to the ground and head over to it at the ready in case something tryes to come out.
Thematrian1 (11:40:32 PM): There's something human-sized which emits no heat inside the van. It's smashing shit up.
Umbrafer (11:40:54 PM): #The hell? Something's inside the van!#
MilesMk1 (11:40:57 PM): Aaaargh... Our drones...
MilesMk1 (11:41:14 PM): *lets off a string of curses*
MilesMk1 (11:41:18 PM): *runs for the van*
Thematrian1 (11:41:20 PM): Shadowcat: the truck has this spray-painted on the side: "DEADEYE SAYS HELLO!" The "O" in hello has a clown's face painted on the inside
MilesMk1 (11:41:31 PM): "SC, there's something in the van!"
Umbrafer (11:41:53 PM): Thank you, Deadeye, I know what to spend my karma on now.
Umbrafer (11:41:55 PM): Take prisoners, please.
MilesMk1 (11:42:18 PM): (Well, it releases no heat, whatever it is... Not sure it can be taken prisoner.)
Thematrian1 (11:42:19 PM): Ng follows you toward the van, Blake
Umbrafer (11:42:34 PM): (It can't, but something around here can.)
MilesMk1 (11:42:39 PM): Assuming I know he can take care of himself, I'm happy to have him.
Dragcrell (11:42:59 PM): "therrre is morrre then that." *points at the spray-paint*
Thematrian1 (11:43:13 PM): You'd assume so, yeah
Thematrian1 (11:43:23 PM): Oh, Shadowcat: Perception
Dragcrell (11:43:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 4 2 2
Dragcrell (11:43:41 PM): *wence*
delioch (11:43:47 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 2
Thematrian1 (11:44:30 PM): You catch a glimpse of an astral human figure, vanishing through a wall, as you look up from the truck
Thematrian1 (11:44:51 PM): probably a projecting mage rather than a spirit; beyond that you couldn't tell anything about it
delioch (11:44:56 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 3
Thematrian1 (11:45:00 PM): Blake: you've reached the van. Now what?
Dragcrell (11:45:23 PM): *growls* "mage his I think just whent thrrrow a wall."
MilesMk1 (11:45:24 PM): I motion for Ng to open the door and step aside, as I aim at the inside.
Thematrian1 (11:45:34 PM): He tries to open the door. It's locked.
MilesMk1 (11:45:44 PM): #Alex, unlock the doors!#
Umbrafer (11:45:53 PM): *Unlock*
MilesMk1 (11:46:02 PM): *motion for him to try again*
Thematrian1 (11:46:15 PM): He does so
delioch (11:46:44 PM): delioch rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 5 1 1
Dragcrell (11:46:56 PM): *jump on to the hood of the truck to take a look inside*
Thematrian1 (11:47:34 PM): There's a middle-aged woman inside. She's been shot or stabbed or something, there's blood everywhere, but she's still breathing
Dragcrell (11:48:02 PM): the door on the truck open or locked?
Thematrian1 (11:48:07 PM): open
Dragcrell (11:48:24 PM): look around befor pulling her out
Thematrian1 (11:48:37 PM): Perception
Thematrian1 (11:48:41 PM): Also, Intelligence
Dragcrell (11:48:57 PM): ok perc first
Dragcrell (11:49:02 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 4 3 4
Thematrian1 (11:49:09 PM): You detect no watchers
Dragcrell (11:49:09 PM): int
Dragcrell (11:49:14 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 1
Dragcrell (11:49:22 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Dragcrell (11:49:33 PM): (ya figeres -_-)
Thematrian1 (11:50:19 PM): It occurs to you that depending on how and how badly she's hurt, moving this woman could be a supremely bad idea
Dragcrell (11:50:40 PM): ....right
Dragcrell (11:51:09 PM): "Blake therrre is some one in this thaing hurrrt bad."
Thematrian1 (11:51:15 PM): Blake: the open back door of the van reveals
MilesMk1 (11:51:21 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (11:51:55 PM): a stumpy creature about your size, maybe a tad bigger, seemingly composed entirely of gravel. It's swinging its fists with mindless rage, smashing everything it can get its knucklesinto
MilesMk1 (11:52:12 PM): Sonofa...
MilesMk1 (11:52:26 PM): #Goddamn spirit.#
MilesMk1 (11:53:06 PM): If it's intent on what it's doing, can I let go the rifle, get my staff, and smack it using Willpower>
MilesMk1 (11:53:07 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (11:53:37 PM): Sure can. It'll get in another turn's worth of Smashing Shit Up before you can attack it, though
MilesMk1 (11:54:01 PM): Meh... At this point... Yeah, I switch.
Thematrian1 (11:54:15 PM): very well. It SSU's, and now you get an attack
Dragcrell (11:54:16 PM): *turns to Blake* "Whats with the van? and you need to get yourrr friend out herrre she's still alive but I dont know how long."
Umbrafer (11:54:44 PM): (What's the rush? I'm sure there will be other people to blowtorch.)
MilesMk1 (11:54:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 2 5 4 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:54:57 PM): (BTW, lowering my TNs)
MilesMk1 (11:55:11 PM): (To offset the wounds)
Thematrian1 (11:55:17 PM): (You almost always do that, so fair enough, but next time mention that first)
Thematrian1 (11:55:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 5
MilesMk1 (11:55:57 PM): Woo-hoo me... Guess it takes a 4S wound?
Thematrian1 (11:56:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 5 6 6
MilesMk1 (11:56:08 PM): Ok, maybe not...
Thematrian1 (11:56:10 PM): Before soak, yeah
Thematrian1 (11:56:23 PM): You take it most of the way by surprise. The force of your will drives it to its knees, but that's not very far. It turns on you
MilesMk1 (11:56:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 3 6 6 2 6
Thematrian1 (11:57:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 6 5
Thematrian1 (11:57:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 1
Thematrian1 (11:57:22 PM): 5 successes?
MilesMk1 (11:57:28 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:57:57 PM): Unfortunately, the damage is only 8M, so I'm pretty sure it doesn't register.
Thematrian1 (11:58:02 PM): It tries to punch you; its arms are simian, almost as long as its body, or maybe they're changing length. Either way, though, you rap it smartly across the knuckles
Thematrian1 (11:58:17 PM): which doesn't accomplish anything, but makes you feel like a schoolteacher
Dragcrell (11:58:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 4 3 5
Thematrian1 (11:59:03 PM): Now you get a chance to whack it.
MilesMk1 (11:59:52 PM): Another willpower attack.
MilesMk1 (11:59:58 PM): Same TN adjustment.
MilesMk1 (12:00:02 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 4 1 3 1 6
MilesMk1 (12:00:10 AM): 4 successes.
Thematrian1 (12:00:27 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
Thematrian1 (12:00:32 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 4 6 4 2 6
Thematrian1 (12:00:43 AM): you hit it again, but it shrugs off your attack
Thematrian1 (12:01:27 AM): It doesn't even bother trying to hit you this time; it returns to its Core Mission of Serious Property Damage
MilesMk1 (12:02:05 AM): I resume my attempts at smashing it, and encourage Ed to lend a hand.
Thematrian1 (12:02:27 AM): Ed's putting on a pair of gloves
Thematrian1 (12:02:36 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 6 4 2 4 4
MilesMk1 (12:02:39 AM): Ok... So I smash it myself.
Thematrian1 (12:02:41 AM): You don't hurt it with your smash
Thematrian1 (12:02:46 AM): sorry
Thematrian1 (12:03:12 AM): It tears a chunk out of one seat
Dragcrell (12:03:15 AM): *moves over to the Van* "Blake she needs help soon only has maby hourrr to live"
MilesMk1 (12:03:22 AM): It's immune to willpower attacks?
Thematrian1 (12:03:46 AM): No, it's just doing awesomely well on its soak rolls
MilesMk1 (12:03:59 AM): Ah... But this time, I didn't even roll to attack?
Thematrian1 (12:04:13 AM): True, you could raise its power. Go for it
Thematrian1 (12:04:33 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
MilesMk1 (12:04:34 AM): Raise its power?
Thematrian1 (12:04:39 AM): Raise your power, its soak TN
MilesMk1 (12:04:49 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 5 2 1 3 5
MilesMk1 (12:04:58 AM): 4 successes again.
Thematrian1 (12:05:06 AM): No damage
Thematrian1 (12:05:29 AM): Ed steps up beside you, and lays one hand on the creature's forehead. His gloves, as it turns out, are shock gloves.
Thematrian1 (12:05:37 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 4 4 5 3 2 5 6
Thematrian1 (12:05:53 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 6 1 5 4
Thematrian1 (12:05:55 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (12:06:25 AM): He does like 5D stun, which it ignores, and 7S stun shock, which blasts half the gravel off of it and onto the floor of the van.
Thematrian1 (12:07:01 AM): It looks startled. Blake's action
Umbrafer (12:07:22 AM): FiM a go-go, baby!
MilesMk1 (12:07:26 AM): (Does this sucker have some kind of armor vs. my Willpower attacks? I mean, unresisted, my attacks are doing 4D damage, and it'd need like 16 dice to soak that reliably...)
MilesMk1 (12:07:59 AM): Anyway, I'll try to punch it with a shock glove, now that the mods are in my favor.
Thematrian1 (12:08:04 AM): (Yeah, you'd think that, but it took an L once and has otherwise laughed at you. Also, it has reach)
MilesMk1 (12:08:13 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 5 1 3 4 5 6 5 4 6
Thematrian1 (12:08:21 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
MilesMk1 (12:08:22 AM): 6 successes.
MilesMk1 (12:08:36 AM): Sorry, 7.
Thematrian1 (12:08:48 AM): you tap it with the Glove
Thematrian1 (12:08:50 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 6
Thematrian1 (12:09:10 AM): it disperses violently, in a whirlwind of gravel that melts before it touches you
MilesMk1 (12:10:05 AM): "Ed, could you see what it busted up? I'll go see about this bleeder..."
MilesMk1 (12:10:26 AM): *checks in on SCs patient*
Thematrian1 (12:10:34 AM): Roll First Aid
MilesMk1 (12:10:42 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 2
Dragcrell (12:10:44 AM): "Be nice she was underrr contrrrol of rrredeyes mage."
MilesMk1 (12:10:52 AM): She's screwed...
Dragcrell (12:10:58 AM): (and with that I'm out to bed)
MilesMk1 (12:11:01 AM): Damn it... I go get Jeremy.
Thematrian1 (12:11:25 AM): JEremy is washing up. "Big trouble outside?"
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MilesMk1 (12:11:53 AM): "The idiots from last night, somehow tracked us down. Wrecked the door, the assholes...
MilesMk1 (12:12:10 AM): "That, and had a spirit get in the van, smash a bunch of stuff up."
MilesMk1 (12:12:35 AM): "We have a survivor... SC says the driver of the truck that did the smashing was mind controlled, and she's still alive."
Thematrian1 (12:12:49 AM): He nods. "Carry those, please."
MilesMk1 (12:12:55 AM): "Couldn't stabilize her, and didn't want to move her."
Thematrian1 (12:12:59 AM): Pointing to two large, heavy-looking bags
MilesMk1 (12:12:59 AM): *carries those*
Thematrian1 (12:13:01 AM): He's already on his way
MilesMk1 (12:13:56 AM): I follow, ready to push him down to the ground at the first sign of someone taking a potshot at him.
Thematrian1 (12:14:03 AM): Ok. Roll Perception
Thematrian1 (12:14:08 AM): Also, what's Alex doing during all of this?
MilesMk1 (12:14:09 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 1 6 2
MilesMk1 (12:14:12 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
MilesMk1 (12:14:19 AM): 7,5
Umbrafer (12:14:22 AM): Scanning for further hostiles.
Umbrafer (12:14:31 AM): Also seeing what drones respond to my signal still.
Thematrian1 (12:14:32 AM): let's see it
Umbrafer (12:14:36 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 5 4
Umbrafer (12:14:38 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (12:14:40 AM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 5 3 4 5 1
Umbrafer (12:14:42 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (12:14:46 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (12:15:06 AM): Two respond meaningfully. All three respond, but the third just gives you back a bunch of garbage telemetry.
Umbrafer (12:15:58 AM): Harrumph. Which one gives the garbage? Run self-diagnostic on the others.
Thematrian1 (12:16:31 AM): It's the one without the MMG that's spitting nonsense. The other two are badly damaged, but not beyond function (Each has an S wound)
Thematrian1 (12:16:41 AM): (Or, S damage I guess)
Umbrafer (12:17:12 AM): (My poor wounded drones :( )
Thematrian1 (12:17:37 AM): (You still have one good Strato, IIRC. Other than that, yeah, the drones you're not in have taken a beating)
Thematrian1 (12:18:02 AM): Also, the van itself has taken L damage. Thanks to the various contingency systems you've got this won't affect its performance, but it's something to know
Thematrian1 (12:19:11 AM): and the passenger-side seat is profoundly messed up
delioch (12:19:17 AM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 3 2
Thematrian1 (12:19:28 AM): The spirit seems to have fixated on it, for some reason
delioch (12:19:32 AM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (12:19:35 AM): ...I hate this place.
MilesMk1 (12:19:55 AM): All I wanted was to get my friends and get out...
Thematrian1 (12:20:37 AM): The roar of an engine interrupts your internal monologue. An overloaded americar, by the sound of it.
Thematrian1 (12:20:43 AM): something in about that class, anyway.
MilesMk1 (12:20:58 AM): "Jeremy, get to cover! Get back in!"
MilesMk1 (12:21:21 AM): Do I see the car?
Thematrian1 (12:21:36 AM): Jeremy races for the garage
Thematrian1 (12:21:38 AM): no one first
Thematrian1 (12:21:39 AM): fires
Thematrian1 (12:21:55 AM): The car approaches, shedding speed as it does so.
Thematrian1 (12:22:05 AM): It comes to a stop by the truck.
Thematrian1 (12:22:13 AM): Ed has a pistol trained on it.
MilesMk1 (12:22:24 AM): I have an AK trained on it.
Thematrian1 (12:22:31 AM): so noted
delioch (12:23:06 AM): i stop and yell out the window "i got pizza don't shoot!"
Thematrian1 (12:23:19 AM): (Give them a description of yourself)
MilesMk1 (12:23:47 AM): "Get out, get down on your knees, and put your hands on top of your head!"
delioch (12:24:10 AM): i get out. i'm about 5'8'' elf with flame red hair in black fattges and long coat. wearing ff armour
delioch (12:24:22 AM): i smile
delioch (12:24:32 AM): then wave
delioch (12:24:47 AM): and leave my gun on top of the car
delioch (12:25:16 AM): "a guy named tank gave me directions"
MilesMk1 (12:25:36 AM): #Alex, who do we know called Tank?#
Thematrian1 (12:25:49 AM): (Alex, roll Intelligence)
Umbrafer (12:27:02 AM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 4 2 5 4 5
Umbrafer (12:27:09 AM): (Ow.)
Umbrafer (12:27:14 AM): (3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2)
delioch (12:27:15 AM): i wait with my hands on my head. "i just want you to know there was a giant bug behind me so......["
delioch (12:27:36 AM): "could we go somewhere?"
Thematrian1 (12:27:42 AM): Alex: you think maybe Sigrun knew someone with that name? Or maybe she just knew someone who owned one?
MilesMk1 (12:27:50 AM): "One minute."
Umbrafer (12:28:00 AM): #Name rings a bell. Don't kill him too quickly.#
MilesMk1 (12:28:21 AM): I get Jeremy and a couple of carriers out here, help Jeremy get the woman, and hustle everyone back inside.
delioch (12:28:23 AM): i smile real big but nicely
Thematrian1 (12:28:26 AM): (Everyone outside, describe yourselves real quick?)
Thematrian1 (12:28:39 AM): (I guess by "everyone" I mean Blake, since SC crept back in at some point)
MilesMk1 (12:30:02 AM): http://members.cox.net/simmons07/5%20-%20Blake.jpg
Thematrian1 (12:30:03 AM): Jeremy declares the woman safe to move
delioch (12:30:33 AM): looks behind him real quick. seems nervoious
MilesMk1 (12:30:37 AM): Only the clothes have blood stains, and he looks horribly tired.
Thematrian1 (12:30:41 AM): Two sturdy types and one slender woman cart her indoors.
MilesMk1 (12:30:55 AM): "Ok, let's go." *motions with his AK*
MilesMk1 (12:31:14 AM): #Says there was a bug chasing him, so I'll get everyone inside. What did Sigrun say?#
delioch (12:31:26 AM): "can i or i leave it here?" points at gun
delioch (12:31:45 AM): "oh and my bag?"
delioch (12:32:13 AM): smiles,"i don't want the ants to get it"
Umbrafer (12:32:48 AM): #Sigrun?#
MilesMk1 (12:32:50 AM): "I'll hold the gun for you. Go ahead and take the bag, just don't reach into it."
MilesMk1 (12:33:08 AM): (scratch that, got confused)
delioch (12:33:19 AM): "will do", pulls out his bag and follows or whatever
Thematrian1 (12:33:21 AM): Accident's voice: #She's asleep. She went out raiding for fuel last night.#
MilesMk1 (12:33:37 AM): (I don't mention Sigrun, it was Alex that recalled something about her knowing Tank.)
Umbrafer (12:33:53 AM): (Sorry, that was unclear: I meant that to be a question to Blake)
MilesMk1 (12:33:57 AM): *walks inside with the guy*
Umbrafer (12:33:59 AM): (And that clears it up)
Umbrafer (12:34:09 AM): (Or does this mean Accident is tapping our comm? ;) )
Thematrian1 (12:34:11 AM): (Wow, you'd think it was midnight or something)
MilesMk1 (12:34:22 AM): #So, any ideas on this Tank person?#
Thematrian1 (12:34:23 AM): (No, no, three-way cockup, my favorite kind)
delioch (12:34:34 AM): (true)
Umbrafer (12:35:12 AM): #He got much meat in him? We could always make stew.#
delioch (12:35:57 AM): i just look around and take everything i see in
delioch (12:36:18 AM): -record-
Thematrian1 (12:36:35 AM): You're inside. It's a garage, all right, but with many more people than vehicles. The garage door is half-destroyed, and a dozen garage rats with firearms greet you silently as you enter.
delioch (12:37:25 AM): ''welcome to chicago, where the suns always shining and the people are friendly'', i say to myself
MilesMk1 (12:37:31 AM): "Guy says someone named Tank sent him over... This mean anything to you guys?"
Thematrian1 (12:37:54 AM): There's a sort of mass shrug.
delioch (12:37:57 AM): -i tell them the frequency i found him on-
MilesMk1 (12:37:59 AM): (Bah, you got off easy... First time I came into this place, I had to fight through a bunch of wasps, and they aimed a Panther at me...)
Thematrian1 (12:38:07 AM): The overall consensus is a "you know...maybe?"
MilesMk1 (12:38:38 AM): "Anyway, looks like someone mind-controlled the driver of that truck to smash into this place."
delioch (12:38:48 AM): ''well, i hope he shows up here. he owes me a beer''
MilesMk1 (12:39:07 AM): "Not much beer to be had over here... Have a seat."
Thematrian1 (12:39:22 AM): One of the humans detaches himself from the mob and heads inside
delioch (12:39:25 AM): i sit down on whatever is near
MilesMk1 (12:39:28 AM): #Ok, I have him inside... Now what do I do with him?#
Thematrian1 (12:39:52 AM): You've got your choice of hydraulic jack or plastic box
delioch (12:40:11 AM): i keep looking around, scanning the room and faces
delioch (12:40:25 AM): plastic please
Umbrafer (12:40:35 AM): #Damned if I know.# I do one last scan, then pull the van partway into the garage if possible.
MilesMk1 (12:40:45 AM): (...I really hate to be doing this, but I'm expecting to have a really long day tomorrow, and need to get off-line pretty soon.)
Thematrian1 (12:40:58 AM): (Ugh. It is getting late.)
Umbrafer (12:41:05 AM): (I'm about to declare SEG against the fluffy bunnies)
delioch (12:41:19 AM): (ok)
Thematrian1 (12:41:22 AM): (Someone ask the new guy his name and what he's doing here, and we can all go to bed)
delioch (12:41:34 AM): (hehe)
MilesMk1 (12:42:14 AM): "Ok, so, Tank sent you here. Who's Tank, who are you, and what do you want from us? Sorry to be so blunt, but we've had a bad week."
delioch (12:42:50 AM): "hi, i'm shadowfire. i just drove into town, heard tank on the radio and got directions thats all. whats going on?" i'm still recording.
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MilesMk1 (12:43:57 AM): "You just... drove... into town?"
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Thematrian1 (12:44:24 AM): (Thanks)
MilesMk1 (12:44:27 AM): "Just told the army guys at the barricades you were going to take a look inside, so they waved you by?"
delioch (12:44:31 AM): "yep", points towards the direction of the car
delioch (12:45:29 AM): ''well, some guy in a uniform did fall and break his neck..but i don't think that counts as murder"
delioch (12:45:42 AM): i smile again
Thematrian1 (12:45:43 AM): (A man after Alex's heart)
Thematrian1 (12:46:06 AM): Ok, good enough. I have to log off and sleep. I'll see you all next week?
MilesMk1 (12:46:11 AM): Yep.
MilesMk1 (12:46:15 AM): See you guys.
delioch (12:46:18 AM): later
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