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Thematrian1 (8:01:33 PM): very cool. The elevator door opens on a lavish penthouse suite.
circlmastr (8:01:53 PM): "Oooh, penthouse."
Thematrian1 (8:02:03 PM): You suppose it's meant to be an office, but the first thing that catches your eye is the swimming pool, a bare twenty meters away.
Thematrian1 (8:02:53 PM): a large desk made of some dark wood or other is inconruously placed by the poolside. Quite a spectacle, if you're into that sort of thing
Dragcrell (8:02:58 PM): *slowly scans the room sniffing the air tail twiching*
circlmastr (8:03:01 PM): "I'm guessing we don't have time to stay for a swim."
Thematrian1 (8:03:02 PM): ugh. 'incongruously
Thematrian1 (8:03:23 PM): my typing tonight is assisted by my two cats, Gryphon and Haskell.
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MilesMk1 (8:05:46 PM): (Because sometimes, the kitties just don't seem to understand that the allergic person doesn't like it when they climb the couch and rub against the back of his head.)
Thematrian1 (8:06:05 PM): (Yeah, cats love to bother people who don't want them around.)
circlmastr (8:06:21 PM): (Because they are demons)
MilesMk1 (8:06:25 PM): (Though in the process, I also discovered that such a thing as cat tipping does exist.)
Thematrian1 (8:06:38 PM): The room appears free of bugs. There's a skylight in the roof, showing the sun at high noon, gentled by a few puffy white clouds.
MilesMk1 (8:06:58 PM): "Where to now?"
Thematrian1 (8:07:04 PM): Presumably it's a well-made vid display, since it's not high noon and this isn't the top floor.
MilesMk1 (8:07:10 PM): *looks for sings of countermeasures*
MilesMk1 (8:07:13 PM): signs
Dragcrell (8:07:21 PM): (ah yep thats the Cats radar kickin in there they also love to make lires out of there "owners" had one that said his cat disliked strangers >_> had to constaly PEEL the cat off me from its loveings and purring)
Dragcrell (8:08:19 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 2 5 6
Thematrian1 (8:08:22 PM): Blake, roll perception
Dragcrell (8:08:24 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (8:08:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 4 5 1
Thematrian1 (8:08:40 PM): Askia steps into the vast room, looking pleased with herself
circlmastr (8:09:14 PM): Todd opts to follow Askia. "What's here, exactly, that's actually for escape purposes?"
Dragcrell (8:09:34 PM): (^_- well this is intresting any one here read TWOC? by chance?)
circlmastr (8:09:44 PM): (TWOC?)
Thematrian1 (8:10:19 PM): "Helicopters. Two of them. One for the guy who owns the place, and one for his guest."
Thematrian1 (8:10:28 PM): "We think"
circlmastr (8:10:48 PM): "And, what, the keys are here?"
Dragcrell (8:10:59 PM): (a web comic a fellow SR player posted in its tag board :P)
circlmastr (8:11:19 PM): (Never heard of it)
Thematrian1 (8:11:49 PM): "No, of course not. But we've got all the time in the world to break in"
Dragcrell (8:11:49 PM): (its part of my weee hord :P)
MilesMk1 (8:11:52 PM): "Sort of begs the question of what happened to the guy and the guest."
circlmastr (8:12:13 PM): "My guess is they met a bad end."
MilesMk1 (8:12:27 PM): *walks out into the room, peers into the pool, examines the desk but doesn't pull open any drawers yet*
Dragcrell (8:13:09 PM): *slowly walks in looking around tail still twiching*
Thematrian1 (8:13:16 PM): The pool has a few scattered chairs surrounding it, along with a nearby hot tub that you didn't notice right away.
circlmastr (8:13:25 PM): *searches what I can, opening things when possible*
Thematrian1 (8:13:32 PM): The water in the hot tub is dark brown, and filthy looking.
MilesMk1 (8:13:49 PM): Smell?
Umbrafer (8:13:50 PM): (I'm going to have to check, but I believe helicopters are usually protected from theft by physical security around the entire vehicle, not by a lock on the door or ignition.)
circlmastr (8:13:51 PM): "Something tells me the pool guy hasn't been around lately."
Thematrian1 (8:14:32 PM): Blake: it smells like ordinary water. If it weren't for that odd color, you'd say it was fine.
Thematrian1 (8:16:32 PM): there are half a dozen doors leading away; four clustered on the far wall and one each on the adjoining walls
Thematrian1 (8:16:41 PM): The walls themselves are (fake?) wood paneling.
circlmastr (8:17:27 PM): Todd is still searching cabinets/desk drawers
MilesMk1 (8:17:36 PM): Anything lying around I could stir the water with without having to get close?
Thematrian1 (8:17:40 PM): Todd: the cabinet drawers are all either empty or locked
MilesMk1 (8:17:45 PM): I'd rather something didn't jump out of there at us.
circlmastr (8:18:01 PM): I'd rather something happened, even if it was combat.
circlmastr (8:18:24 PM): <_<
Umbrafer (8:18:25 PM): If it hasn't been removed, there's probably one of those nets or a similar pole-like device around
Thematrian1 (8:18:27 PM): Seeing you guys searching the main room, Askia heads for one of the three doors.
circlmastr (8:19:04 PM): Three? I thought it was a cluster of 4, then 1-1
Dragcrell (8:19:16 PM): *slowly moves tord the hottube snout wrinkled up* "something is in the airrr conditioning smells rrratherrr nasty."
Thematrian1 (8:19:33 PM): sorry, yes. One of the four, the one on the far right
circlmastr (8:19:40 PM): "Corpse in the air duct? Maybe someone trying to hide or sneak out?"
Dragcrell (8:21:56 PM): *shruges* and contues to look around sniffing every so often
Umbrafer (8:23:20 PM): Are any of the maintenance bots on the RCD near here, or do I have any way of telling?
Thematrian1 (8:23:41 PM): Askia slips through the rightmost door. Through it, you see a conference room with a holoprojector.
Thematrian1 (8:23:45 PM): How would you be able to tell?
Umbrafer (8:23:52 PM): Well, if they were nicely labelled.
circlmastr (8:26:36 PM): Todd opts to try to force a locked drawer open.
circlmastr (8:27:16 PM): (I knew I should have taken "Lockpicking with haircutting scissors" at chargen)
Thematrian1 (8:27:19 PM): With what?
circlmastr (8:27:27 PM): 6 Strength?
MilesMk1 (8:27:37 PM): *follows Aksia*
circlmastr (8:27:52 PM): Scissors for leverage?
Dragcrell (8:28:15 PM): (well this sould be intrestily short and/or bloody)
MilesMk1 (8:28:29 PM): (You'll break your scissors)
Umbrafer (8:28:35 PM): (five gets you three he's going to… yeah, that)
circlmastr (8:28:44 PM): (Nobody wanted a haircut anyway.)
Thematrian1 (8:28:48 PM): Blake: you enter the conference room behind Askia. She has one of the closet doors open, and is peering up at its ceiling
MilesMk1 (8:29:00 PM): "Anything ineresting?"
Umbrafer (8:29:00 PM): (If we don't get out in a week or two we will)
circlmastr (8:29:18 PM): (By then I'll have found another pair of scissors.)
Umbrafer (8:29:30 PM): (Remember, less than a week ago the barbershops were still open)
Dragcrell (8:29:57 PM): (well you guys well :P )
Umbrafer (8:30:37 PM): (Here's a question. Do shifters in human form need haircuts?)
circlmastr (8:31:20 PM): (I'm still waiting to hear on my drawer-opening efforts)
Thematrian1 (8:31:27 PM): (Here's the same question in a different form: if a shifter gets an ink tattoo, shifts, and unshifts, does it still appear?)
Dragcrell (8:31:32 PM): ( good question but then S.C. still woudn't as she don't hair in the human sence :P )
Thematrian1 (8:31:33 PM): Askia spins
Thematrian1 (8:31:49 PM): Todd: You insert your scissors into a crack and pry. They're good metal...roll Strength
circlmastr (8:32:01 PM): (The tat reappears in a different form. Photovoltaic ink, nearly)
Umbrafer (8:32:20 PM): (And a twist: if a shifter gets an ink tattoo and shifts, is the tattoo still present?)
circlmastr (8:32:25 PM): (Lemme force open my sheet to double-check STR)
circlmastr (8:32:51 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 1 3 4
circlmastr (8:33:02 PM): (Oy. Fuck, I might as well karma that)
Umbrafer (8:33:15 PM): (There are other drawers)
circlmastr (8:33:27 PM): (True. I'll try a different drawer instead.)
Thematrian1 (8:33:29 PM): If you choose to karma, you'll be rerolling 6.
circlmastr (8:34:20 PM): New drawer roll:
circlmastr (8:34:23 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 3 5
circlmastr (8:34:51 PM): ...Okay, the Random Number Goddess doesn't want me to open a drawer. Unless a single 5 is good enough, I follow Blake after Askia.
Thematrian1 (8:35:12 PM): Askia: "Blake. Not exactly. I'm not sure what it's for, but it's not insect-related."
Thematrian1 (8:35:17 PM): "I guess that's enough."
Umbrafer (8:35:18 PM): You should pray to the RNG more often.
Umbrafer (8:35:25 PM): Remember to sacrifice entropy to her regularly.
Dragcrell (8:35:40 PM): *snorts then see's if she can pick up any form of sent other then there own in the room* "what was you trrrying to do Todd?"
circlmastr (8:35:44 PM): School has made me fall behind in my sacrifices, sadly.
MilesMk1 (8:35:53 PM): "Hmm"
Thematrian1 (8:35:59 PM): Todd fails to open any drawers.
MilesMk1 (8:36:17 PM): *walks over to take a look, making sure he knows here jumpy Aksia is*
circlmastr (8:36:51 PM): "Hey Blake, can you help me force open a drawer?"
MilesMk1 (8:37:36 PM): "Give me a second, I wanted to take a look at something Aksia found."
circlmastr (8:37:54 PM): "Aw, come on, I'm trying to loot here."
Thematrian1 (8:38:02 PM): "It might just be holo gear" She sounds unconvinced
circlmastr (8:38:03 PM): "I don't want to risk my focus."
Dragcrell (8:38:31 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 4 3 5
MilesMk1 (8:38:51 PM): *holds out a massive combat knife* "Here, will this do?"
MilesMk1 (8:39:24 PM): *examines the closet*
circlmastr (8:39:44 PM): "Come on and help, guy."
Thematrian1 (8:40:21 PM): Inside the closet, you find a lot of...stuff.
circlmastr (8:40:30 PM): (I'm fairly sure there are rules for cooperative actions, but I don't know them offhand.)
Thematrian1 (8:40:46 PM): Big grey cases with dozens of ports each, stacked atop one another. Four in all, occupying the back half of the space.
MilesMk1 (8:40:51 PM): "Christ, Todd, we're trying to steal helicopters, here. I don't think they'll be in the drawer."
Umbrafer (8:41:09 PM): (They fold these days.)
Thematrian1 (8:41:10 PM): There's an air conditioning vent in the ceiling, expelling a little cool air, but something sitting on top of it.
MilesMk1 (8:41:16 PM): "...and not in this closet, either, but that's a lot of electronics gear."
Thematrian1 (8:41:29 PM): Askia: "Well, it's all yours. I'm going to check the next room over."
MilesMk1 (8:41:57 PM): Can I roll Electronics to see if I know what these are?
Thematrian1 (8:42:25 PM): yes
circlmastr (8:42:30 PM): Todd'll go with Askia, still pining for loot.
MilesMk1 (8:42:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 5 6
MilesMk1 (8:42:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (8:42:49 PM): It's dark, so you can't see what precisely is in the closet.
MilesMk1 (8:42:52 PM): *describes the cases to Alex while he's at it*
MilesMk1 (8:43:01 PM): Unless it's complete darkness, I actually can...
MilesMk1 (8:43:07 PM): :)
Umbrafer (8:43:20 PM): Rolling with appropriate penalty for only having a description (I miss my microdrones :( )
Umbrafer (8:43:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 4 3 2
Umbrafer (8:43:36 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Thematrian1 (8:43:41 PM): Uh. Go ahead and roll, but without physical presence I'd like a miracle
Thematrian1 (8:44:13 PM): Askia strides out of the conference room and moves toward the next door down.
Umbrafer (8:44:18 PM): "Lots of things like that."
Umbrafer (8:44:23 PM): Er, ##
Umbrafer (8:44:44 PM): #No logos? Writing?#
circlmastr (8:44:48 PM): Todd follows.
Dragcrell (8:44:50 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 5 2 3
Dragcrell (8:44:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (8:45:04 PM): #I've seen trid gear like that before…#
Thematrian1 (8:45:04 PM): Blake: you think the grey cases are most likely holo equipment. They bear Ares logos, but not a specific equipment type.
Dragcrell (8:45:06 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (8:46:22 PM): Ok... And you said something was on the grate, right?
MilesMk1 (8:46:42 PM): Something is blocking the vent from the other side?
Thematrian1 (8:46:47 PM): Yes.
MilesMk1 (8:46:53 PM): I guess I'll try to see if someone tried to hide something in there.
MilesMk1 (8:47:01 PM): Climb on top of the cases, maybe?
Thematrian1 (8:47:04 PM): Something large and more or less circular. It's dark, but you've got mad senses....it's a garbage bag.
Thematrian1 (8:47:17 PM): Come to think of it, it's the first garbage back you've seen in the city core.
MilesMk1 (8:47:24 PM): #Huh. Someone shoved a garbage bag into the air conditioning vent.#
Umbrafer (8:47:36 PM): #Whose head is inside?#
MilesMk1 (8:47:45 PM): A bag with something inside, or does it just look like someone used a bag to seal the vent incompletely?
MilesMk1 (8:47:57 PM): *tries to carefully get at it*
Thematrian1 (8:48:07 PM): Definitely something inside. About the size of one of those cases.
Dragcrell (8:48:13 PM): *moves off to the east door sniffing as she moves tail twiching faster as she nears the door*
Thematrian1 (8:48:17 PM): Meanwhile, Askia and Todd have found another conference room.
Thematrian1 (8:48:22 PM): SC reaches the east door.
Dragcrell (8:49:22 PM): *opens the door ears pirked up and tail twiching rappidly*
Thematrian1 (8:51:14 PM): Blake: the vent is sealed from this side; maintainence access is for microdrones only, it would seem. The grate iself shows signs of having been cut away from its housing and then melted back into place
Thematrian1 (8:51:32 PM): whoever did it did a surprisingly neat job, but of course they couldn't match the precision of the surrounding decor
MilesMk1 (8:52:05 PM): Huh. Do I think I can rip it out? Cut it using wire cutters in my multi-tool, perhaps?
Thematrian1 (8:52:32 PM): Wire cutters might do the job, yeah
MilesMk1 (8:54:36 PM): *snip snip snip*
Dragcrell (8:54:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 4 1 6
Dragcrell (8:54:57 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (8:54:58 PM): Enough so that I can bend the grate open, without having whatever's in there fall on me.
Thematrian1 (8:58:03 PM): Askia leaves her second conference room, and tries door #3
circlmastr (8:58:15 PM): Todd still follows, praying for loot.
Dragcrell (8:58:34 PM): #something big happend in herrre#
Umbrafer (8:58:56 PM): #What?#
Dragcrell (8:59:11 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 1
Dragcrell (9:00:37 PM): #spells one rrratherrr powerrrfull combat spell two casterrrs maby 2 hourrrs ago#
MilesMk1 (9:00:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 5 5 1
MilesMk1 (9:07:13 PM): #Hey, everone... I found some kind of case hidden in the air shaft. Along with some of that white... bug silk, or whatever it is. Not much, but some.#
MilesMk1 (9:07:17 PM): everyone
Umbrafer (9:07:38 PM): #What kind of case?#
MilesMk1 (9:07:41 PM): *takes the garbage bag off of the case*
MilesMk1 (9:07:47 PM): What kind of case?
Umbrafer (9:07:51 PM): #Brief? Egg?#
Thematrian1 (9:08:01 PM): A cooler.
circlmastr (9:08:02 PM): #Cocoon?#
Dragcrell (9:08:08 PM): #I found some rrrotting human legs in side a bag#
Thematrian1 (9:08:10 PM): Sealed shut, but not locked.
MilesMk1 (9:11:08 PM): #Some kind of cooler.#
Umbrafer (9:11:10 PM): #Any pants?#
MilesMk1 (9:11:16 PM): #Human... legs.#
MilesMk1 (9:11:33 PM): #This place is seriously fucked up.#
MilesMk1 (9:11:49 PM): Any labels on it? Warning signs?
Dragcrell (9:11:52 PM): #yes Human legs#
MilesMk1 (9:11:54 PM): Biohazard stickers?
Thematrian1 (9:11:58 PM): None
Umbrafer (9:12:51 PM): #Do the legs have pants or shoes on?#
circlmastr (9:12:53 PM): #All the more reason to get the holy fuck out of here...#
circlmastr (9:12:57 PM): (Chat lagging...)
MilesMk1 (9:14:46 PM): #Well, I need to see whether we take it with us or not, so here goes...#
MilesMk1 (9:14:53 PM): *opens the cooler*
Dragcrell (9:15:22 PM): #nope no clothing on them but could be a male's legs#
Thematrian1 (9:16:00 PM): The top layer is made of wads of hundred-nuyen Ares corpscrip, but it's packed unevenly, so there's probably other stuff underneath. Also, there's a paper letter taped to the inside of the lid.
MilesMk1 (9:17:07 PM): #Almost-money. And a letter.#
Umbrafer (9:17:10 PM): Sounds like someone's escape package.
MilesMk1 (9:17:21 PM): *checks out the letter*
Thematrian1 (9:18:46 PM): "I'm sorry I couldn't offer a better inheritance, but this should do well enough. Show it to any of my contacts in Wuxing, and they will take you in. Use the money in the meantime - do not rely on your
Thematrian1 (9:18:47 PM): sticks! I love you. - S"
Dragcrell (9:18:48 PM): #some ones been herrre with in the last day used perrrfume.#
Umbrafer (9:19:47 PM): How nice of S to think of us.
Thematrian1 (9:20:04 PM): It's typed.
MilesMk1 (9:20:28 PM): *reads the letter off for everyone over the radio*
circlmastr (9:21:05 PM): (Everyone on the team, or is Askia and the like privy to this as well?)
MilesMk1 (9:21:09 PM): *checks the rest of the key*
Umbrafer (9:21:13 PM): #You have fans everywhere, don't you?#
circlmastr (9:21:31 PM): #Should I even ask what the fuck that letter means?#
MilesMk1 (9:21:35 PM): (As far as I know, Aksia is not on our radio net.)
Thematrian1 (9:21:35 PM): Blake: under the money you find more money, a human head, and some more money.
circlmastr (9:21:46 PM): (Just making sure.)
MilesMk1 (9:21:48 PM): #The hell...#
Thematrian1 (9:21:51 PM): Also, a small dartgun.
Dragcrell (9:22:02 PM): (lol your haveing fun doing that one I see)
MilesMk1 (9:22:18 PM): #Well, apparently whoever S is, he loved someone enough to leave them a ton of Ares scrip, a dartgun, and a human head.#
MilesMk1 (9:22:40 PM): *looks over the head and the gun*
Umbrafer (9:22:59 PM): #Anyone we know?#
circlmastr (9:23:05 PM): #DeBeers should use that for the slogan. 'A head is eternity.' "#
Thematrian1 (9:23:10 PM): You don't recognize the head. It's male - brown hair and blue eyes. Very well preserved, kept in a vacuum-sealed bag and packed with ice
Dragcrell (9:23:15 PM): #mmm might match the legs I found#
MilesMk1 (9:23:37 PM): #Nope.#
MilesMk1 (9:23:46 PM): *takes the gun, seals the cooler back up*
Umbrafer (9:24:23 PM): #I thought they did use that one with their cyberskull line#
Thematrian1 (9:24:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 3 1 3 3 6 2 6 1 6 1 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:24:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 6 6 4 4 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:25:06 PM): (I assume that, even based on my limited knowledge of medicine, it's clear that this head is beyond resuscitation of any kind? I mean, it's not exactly cryogenically frozen...)
Thematrian1 (9:25:24 PM): (Yeah, definitely.)
circlmastr (9:25:25 PM): (It's the Head of Vecna!)
MilesMk1 (9:26:37 PM): (Heh. I just threw a guy into a bakery oven.)
Thematrian1 (9:26:42 PM): Alice's voice over the radio net, loud and panicked and urgent: "Alex! ALEX! WAKE UP!"
Thematrian1 (9:26:45 PM): (?)
MilesMk1 (9:26:53 PM): (Playing "The Godfather" in between responses from people.)
Thematrian1 (9:27:06 PM): (Ah)
Umbrafer (9:27:13 PM): *Out into meatspace* "What's up?"
MilesMk1 (9:27:13 PM): #Shit... Alex?!#
Thematrian1 (9:27:19 PM): (Your response time seemed off. I wondered)
MilesMk1 (9:27:27 PM): (It was?)
MilesMk1 (9:27:38 PM): (I thought I was keeping up pretty well. Damn.)
Thematrian1 (9:27:52 PM): (For playing a game, you're keeping up quite well. But it's below your usual standard)
Thematrian1 (9:28:09 PM): It's obvious what's up. The four fireflies pouring through the windshield are what's up.
Thematrian1 (9:28:22 PM): Meanwhile, the elevator goes DING!
Thematrian1 (9:29:34 PM): Duncan grabs one of the pistols, but it's clear that he only has a basic idea of what to do with it.
Umbrafer (9:29:46 PM): (Of course, she's now trapped me in meatspace. Ah well)
MilesMk1 (9:30:07 PM): (She? Ah, Alice.)
MilesMk1 (9:30:50 PM): *turns his attention to the elevator*
Thematrian1 (9:31:06 PM): Blake, roll perception
circlmastr (9:31:36 PM): (Mmmm, Chinese food)
MilesMk1 (9:31:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 6 1 2 3
MilesMk1 (9:32:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:32:46 PM): The elevator door starts to open. You see that the inside is empty, and at the same moment you hear a buzzing behind you. But your eyes are sharp, the elevator doesn't distract you enough, and you may roll Reaction for the surpris
Thematrian1 (9:32:48 PM): e round
MilesMk1 (9:33:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 3 1 3 1 5 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:33:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 1 3 2 3 1
Thematrian1 (9:34:01 PM): You whirl on your attacker. It's a bug, a firefly, its tail flickering evilly
Dragcrell (9:34:32 PM): (ok how.........ok never minde i realy rather not know how)
Thematrian1 (9:34:46 PM): (how? :-D))
MilesMk1 (9:34:51 PM): #We have bugs up here, people!#
Thematrian1 (9:35:14 PM): Alex, you have a free action in the surprise round; the bugs are still astral.
MilesMk1 (9:35:24 PM): *looks to see what Aksia is doing*
Thematrian1 (9:35:26 PM): visible, but not yet corporeal
Thematrian1 (9:35:37 PM): You don't see Askia anywhere around. Or Todd either, for that matter.
MilesMk1 (9:35:45 PM): Whew... Lucky you, you can drive away yet.
MilesMk1 (9:35:57 PM): #Call in!#
Umbrafer (9:36:23 PM): Maybe. Is there anything hard behind me?
circlmastr (9:36:25 PM): (Does "Call in" mean Todd should say something?)
Umbrafer (9:36:28 PM): Me = van
Thematrian1 (9:36:45 PM): No. Well, if you go far enough you'll hit a support pillar, but you can back
Umbrafer (9:37:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 6 6 4 1
Umbrafer (9:37:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
Umbrafer (9:37:13 PM): #<Here too!># Under the surprise, Alex has reverted to German.
Dragcrell (9:37:13 PM): *runs out of the bedroom knifes at the ready hacles up and a deep menicing growl comeing from her*
MilesMk1 (9:37:27 PM): (Yes.)
Umbrafer (9:37:28 PM): I'm going to use a Complex Action to order the van to accelerate backwards.
Thematrian1 (9:37:37 PM): It does so, and quite ably too.
Umbrafer (9:38:57 PM): During whoever goes next's turn, I'll repeat what I just said in English.
circlmastr (9:39:09 PM): (Sorry, eating.) #What's going on?#
Thematrian1 (9:40:52 PM): The van backs. Blake, you have surprise and may take an action.
Dragcrell (9:40:54 PM): #bu*growl*#
Thematrian1 (9:41:01 PM): Your opponent, unlike Alex's, is in meatspace
Thematrian1 (9:41:13 PM): SC has reached the doorway, and is growling her head off.
MilesMk1 (9:42:09 PM): Hmm. Six-round burst of Ex-Ex into the firefly.
MilesMk1 (9:42:23 PM): Or... Do I count as being in melee?
Thematrian1 (9:42:39 PM): not melee, no
MilesMk1 (9:42:44 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (9:42:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:43:15 PM): 6 successes, unless there are mods I don't know about? (and if there are, that was squalid)
Thematrian1 (9:43:52 PM): no, that was fine. Bangbangbang...10S and then staging?
MilesMk1 (9:44:28 PM): 16S, due to the burst.
MilesMk1 (9:44:41 PM): Well, No. 16D, then staging.
MilesMk1 (9:44:49 PM): ...right?
Umbrafer (9:45:09 PM): Base 8M, +2 EX-EX, +6 burst, +2DL burst
MilesMk1 (9:45:11 PM): 8M +2 for Ex-EX, +6 for burst, +2 damage levels for the 6 rounds... Yeah.
Umbrafer (9:45:18 PM): 16D before staging
Thematrian1 (9:45:22 PM): Yes, thank you. Been too long since you've shot anything
Thematrian1 (9:45:30 PM): ok, so no staging, just 16 to resist...
Thematrian1 (9:45:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 3 6 1 6 1 1
Thematrian1 (9:45:41 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Thematrian1 (9:45:42 PM): bugburger
Umbrafer (9:46:06 PM): (Aww, but I wanted mine without mustard!)
Thematrian1 (9:46:14 PM): you blast that bug into gooey fragments. Another half dozen are starting to rise through the floor. Initiative
Umbrafer (9:46:26 PM): *Weep*
Umbrafer (9:46:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Dragcrell (9:46:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 6
Umbrafer (9:46:44 PM): 9.
Dragcrell (9:46:58 PM): 18
circlmastr (9:47:05 PM): (Never have I been more glad to be offscene. TPK anyone?

Er, except I've got the temp character. Figures. Now Shojo will die painfully somehow.)
MilesMk1 (9:47:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:47:08 PM): 20
MilesMk1 (9:47:14 PM): Wait, 21.
Dragcrell (9:47:57 PM): (^_- bufft oh ye of little faith besides I'm not that easy to kill)
MilesMk1 (9:48:39 PM): (I didn't get killed by multiple wasps and a beetle the size of a Jackrabbit. I'm not getting killed by fireflies.)
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MilesMk1 (9:48:57 PM): (...unless there are a few dozens of them.)
MilesMk1 (9:49:01 PM): Hmm.
circlmastr (9:50:29 PM): We might get killed by an absent GM.
Umbrafer (9:50:57 PM): Maybe he just doesn't want to watch our painful demise
Dragcrell (9:51:22 PM): hey lest you guys can only be ripped apart ONCE *cough*
Umbrafer (9:52:20 PM): Yeah, but I can apparently lose my liver more than once.
circlmastr (9:52:50 PM): Shojo will be sad if Alex dies and she never knows.
Dragcrell (9:53:09 PM): heheehehe
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Thematrian1 (9:53:17 PM): wow, sorry about that, guys
Dragcrell (9:53:22 PM): np
Thematrian1 (9:53:22 PM): lousy time for Comcast to crap out on me
Thematrian1 (9:53:48 PM): anyhoo, everyone give me their initiative totals?
Umbrafer (9:54:23 PM): 9
Umbrafer (9:54:27 PM): *Sobs*
Dragcrell (9:54:30 PM): 18
Thematrian1 (9:54:41 PM): 9? Right, meatspace.
Thematrian1 (9:55:23 PM): Well, at least the kids are behind you
Umbrafer (9:55:35 PM): I'm so reassured
Thematrian1 (9:55:54 PM): The fireflies, for example, are totally acting first.
MilesMk1 (9:56:09 PM): 21
Umbrafer (9:56:12 PM): Yeah, that's kinda what I was worried about. Are any of them at least back outside the vehicle?
Thematrian1 (9:56:56 PM): Yeah, they were out of the van. Oh, hey, look, they're back in van. Alice shrieks, your captive rigger stirrs in his sleep. Duncan points his newfound pistol at one...
Thematrian1 (9:57:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 3
Umbrafer (9:57:16 PM): Man, he's gonna mess up my windshield :(
Thematrian1 (9:57:20 PM): but realizes somehow that they're still astral and doesn't fire
Umbrafer (9:57:25 PM): Oh, good.
Dragcrell (9:57:44 PM): (oh this is goign to messy rather fast........then again I am hungry)
Thematrian1 (9:57:49 PM): not that he could anyway, you get to act first. And before you, SC, and before her, Blake, and before blake, his antagonists, who rise up out of the ground.
circlmastr (9:57:56 PM): (Poor kids...)
Thematrian1 (9:57:57 PM): Half a dozen, surrounding you, about three meters away
Thematrian1 (9:59:06 PM): Not physical yet, you don't think
MilesMk1 (9:59:10 PM): Thank God for rifles with bayonets/
MilesMk1 (9:59:23 PM): Do they need to be physical for a Willpower attack to work?
Thematrian1 (9:59:46 PM): I believe so, unless you're dual natured or otherwise astrally aware. Jon?
Umbrafer (9:59:55 PM): I'm not certain. One moment.
circlmastr (10:00:01 PM): #Everyone still alive I hope?# (GM can fiat that to whatever in the init order)
Thematrian1 (10:00:20 PM): The bugs rise up. Blake's action. Meanwhile, SC also gets an action.
Dragcrell (10:00:40 PM): how close am I to them?
Umbrafer (10:00:47 PM): Physical spirit only.
Thematrian1 (10:01:07 PM): about 30 meters running. It's less physical distance, but you have to skirt the pool.
MilesMk1 (10:01:19 PM): Can I tell if they're physical yet?
MilesMk1 (10:01:25 PM): I mean, corporeal.
Thematrian1 (10:01:33 PM): You doubt it. They only just got out of the floor.
Dragcrell (10:01:46 PM): is it the width or the lenght?
MilesMk1 (10:01:50 PM): Anyone else in the immediate area?
Thematrian1 (10:02:05 PM): SC: is what the width or the length?
Thematrian1 (10:02:16 PM): just you, SC, and the bugs
Dragcrell (10:02:42 PM): the pool and how its between me and the bugs
Thematrian1 (10:02:58 PM): length.
MilesMk1 (10:02:59 PM): Can I move back and ready an action to fire a grenade at them once they solidify?
Thematrian1 (10:03:08 PM): yeah, ok
MilesMk1 (10:03:18 PM): Backpedaling towards SC, if possible.
Thematrian1 (10:03:26 PM): sure
Dragcrell (10:06:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 2 2 6 3
Dragcrell (10:06:12 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (10:06:41 PM): Ok, that's them then. Alex?
Thematrian1 (10:07:23 PM): Everyone has heard Alex speak, as of the end of SC's action.
Umbrafer (10:08:14 PM): What's the current situation? Bunch of still-not-solid bugs coming through the windshield? Something else?
Thematrian1 (10:08:25 PM): just that
Thematrian1 (10:08:37 PM): oh, some panicking kids with access to weapons
Thematrian1 (10:08:42 PM): and nerve gas
Thematrian1 (10:08:45 PM): I guess that's everything, though
Umbrafer (10:08:47 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (10:08:58 PM): hey, weren't you guys keeping that prototype laser in the van?
Thematrian1 (10:09:00 PM): Just asking
Umbrafer (10:09:08 PM): Is releasing a seatbelt Free or Simple?
Umbrafer (10:09:18 PM): And I think we were. God damn it, these kids are going to trash my van, aren't they?
circlmastr (10:09:36 PM): #Some shaman, or powerful spirit, is controlling the bugs I think.#
Dragcrell (10:09:51 PM): (yes and its in the coror of the van I've been hanging out at)
Thematrian1 (10:09:55 PM): for someone jacked in, it's free. Otherwise simple.
MilesMk1 (10:10:55 PM): Yeah, we have the laser in the van.
Thematrian1 (10:11:07 PM): That's what I thought.
Umbrafer (10:11:13 PM): Ok. I'm going to take a Complex to order the van to continue accelerating backwards while avoiding obstacles, and a Free to shout "don't fire!"
Umbrafer (10:11:34 PM): When I say "continue" I mean "also in successive turns without human intervention"
MilesMk1 (10:11:42 PM): I know I tend to repeat myself on this subject, but the nerve gas IS wrapped in several layers of bulletproof clothing.
Thematrian1 (10:11:51 PM): Yeah, yeah.
Umbrafer (10:11:55 PM): These things are good to establish.
Thematrian1 (10:12:21 PM): ok. Avoiding obstacles is something the van can do, but it doesn't plan well and may trap you in a cul-de-sac if left to its own devices. It's only Pilot 1, right?
Umbrafer (10:12:53 PM): Correct. I'm hoping not to leave it to its own devices long enough for it to have to do any avoiding, but them's the risks we take.
Thematrian1 (10:12:56 PM): Ok. Nobody shoots anything. Alice is looking around for something to attack with.
Thematrian1 (10:13:17 PM): Check. Ok, it's off, the bugs in hot pursuit.
Thematrian1 (10:13:39 PM): Back at the top of the order, Blake's bugs crowd in around him. They're definitely corporeal now; you can smell them.
Thematrian1 (10:13:45 PM): Blake, it's all you; you are in melee now.
MilesMk1 (10:14:38 PM): Ah. So they didn't turn corporeal until they were quite close, eh?
Thematrian1 (10:14:46 PM): correct
Thematrian1 (10:15:03 PM): you may fire or not, as you wish
Thematrian1 (10:15:13 PM): you'd definitely get them all in the blast radius
MilesMk1 (10:15:20 PM): ...can I fire something other than a grenade? ;)
Thematrian1 (10:15:48 PM): No, sorry. On the other hand, it's about to be your turn. You can fire then.
MilesMk1 (10:16:04 PM): Heh. I suppose I'll have to defend myself using the bayonet.
Thematrian1 (10:16:47 PM): check
Thematrian1 (10:16:50 PM): so, no grenade?
MilesMk1 (10:16:54 PM): Nope.
Thematrian1 (10:17:02 PM): ok. It's Blake's turn again; what does he do?
MilesMk1 (10:17:06 PM): I might have done it if it wasn't an IPE...
MilesMk1 (10:17:28 PM): I run back as far as I can, then grenade the fuckers.
Thematrian1 (10:18:36 PM): They are surrounding you quite closely; you'll have to kill one first.
MilesMk1 (10:19:01 PM): Aw, shit. I open fire, then. +2 for firing in melee, yes?
MilesMk1 (10:19:17 PM): Two 3 round bursts, each at a different bug.
Thematrian1 (10:19:26 PM): sooth
Thematrian1 (10:19:26 PM): ok
MilesMk1 (10:19:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 3 6 5 2 2
MilesMk1 (10:19:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 3 4 5 6 5 2
Thematrian1 (10:19:45 PM): that's quite respectable, even at TN 4
MilesMk1 (10:19:48 PM): 5 successes each, I think.
Thematrian1 (10:20:01 PM): They try to dodge...
Thematrian1 (10:20:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 1 3 5 5 1
Thematrian1 (10:20:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 3 3 2 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:20:13 PM): Damage 13S, before staging.
Thematrian1 (10:20:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 3 5 2 5 4 5
Thematrian1 (10:20:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 6 4 4 5 2 4
Thematrian1 (10:20:30 PM): mm. More yummy bugburger.
MilesMk1 (10:20:32 PM): (btw, is this a bad time to say I need to run by 10:30?)
Umbrafer (10:20:53 PM): (I didn't sleep last night, so I'm not complaining)
Thematrian1 (10:20:54 PM): (Strictly speaking, so do I. It'll be ok)
Thematrian1 (10:21:21 PM): SC?
Dragcrell (10:21:41 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 3 4 6
Dragcrell (10:21:46 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Dragcrell (10:22:14 PM): (I'm working something out)
Thematrian1 (10:23:38 PM): No one else among the PCs has actions. The van has accelerated...twice?
MilesMk1 (10:23:40 PM): So, does the bugburger comment mean I got two?
MilesMk1 (10:23:48 PM): Killed, I mean?
Umbrafer (10:23:54 PM): Correct.
Thematrian1 (10:24:03 PM): Yes. Two dead bugs.
Thematrian1 (10:24:09 PM): You may retreat at will
Dragcrell (10:24:33 PM): #Bug mage Doorrr#
MilesMk1 (10:25:11 PM): #Which door?#
MilesMk1 (10:25:23 PM): #Why aren't you killing him?#
MilesMk1 (10:26:00 PM): If I can, I fall back further towards SC, but I can't on this action, since I didn't factor any movement penalties into my shooting.
Dragcrell (10:26:15 PM): #only now linked em#
Thematrian1 (10:26:24 PM): Ok. The bugs are clearly trying to materialize inside the van, but it's moving too fast. Be advised that if you stop, or even slow to below 10m/s, they'll probably manage it
Umbrafer (10:28:32 PM): Understood.
MilesMk1 (10:29:07 PM): #Which door?!#
MilesMk1 (10:29:11 PM): #There
MilesMk1 (10:29:16 PM): 's six!#
MilesMk1 (10:29:20 PM): #Todd?#
Thematrian1 (10:29:20 PM): ok, the bugs have one more turn. They rush Blake and bite him.
MilesMk1 (10:29:41 PM): ...ok/
Dragcrell (10:29:48 PM): *points to the door with the mage in it*
MilesMk1 (10:30:07 PM): I'm using the fixed bayonet to defend myself. SOP, increasing their TNs.
Thematrian1 (10:30:11 PM): (It's those short, stubby legs, man)
Thematrian1 (10:30:14 PM): right
Thematrian1 (10:30:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 3 1 2
Thematrian1 (10:30:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 5 3 3
Thematrian1 (10:30:27 PM): roll-dice6
Thematrian1 (10:30:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 5 5 4
circlmastr (10:30:32 PM): (I'm waiting for GM permission to respond to Blake, heh)
MilesMk1 (10:30:34 PM): (or cancelling Friends in melee, as it might be.)
Thematrian1 (10:30:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 2 3 6 1
Thematrian1 (10:30:38 PM): (As it is
MilesMk1 (10:30:45 PM): ... should I be rolling something?
Thematrian1 (10:30:55 PM): Yes. Roll Polearms four times.
circlmastr (10:30:58 PM): #Not here now, only got a brief look.#
MilesMk1 (10:31:00 PM): Grr.
Umbrafer (10:31:00 PM): Incidentally, at some point in this I'm going to use a free to yell "strap in!"
Thematrian1 (10:31:04 PM): roll really well against that second one
MilesMk1 (10:31:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:31:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 5
Thematrian1 (10:31:15 PM): if you have to leave right this second, we can put it off
MilesMk1 (10:31:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 3
MilesMk1 (10:31:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:31:34 PM): they're lowering their own TN, you're looking for 4s
MilesMk1 (10:32:27 PM): ... I have a feeling this will hurt.
Umbrafer (10:32:45 PM): Probably. What do you have for karma?
MilesMk1 (10:32:59 PM): 2 left, I think.
MilesMk1 (10:33:30 PM): Still have 6 points of CP, and a lot of impact armor. I ought to be ok, unless these guys for some reason have offense completely out of line with their defense.
Thematrian1 (10:34:00 PM): you're looking at 7S, 7S, 7M, and the last bug gets hit with your bayonet
MilesMk1 (10:34:23 PM): 8 points of impact.
Thematrian1 (10:34:27 PM): handy
Umbrafer (10:34:38 PM): Hm. So they're really acting simultaneously. Interesting.
MilesMk1 (10:34:40 PM): All right...
MilesMk1 (10:34:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 11 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 4
MilesMk1 (10:34:58 PM): Firts one soaked, barely.
MilesMk1 (10:35:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 11 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 3
MilesMk1 (10:35:07 PM): Second one soaked easily.
MilesMk1 (10:35:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 2 3 6 6 4 1
MilesMk1 (10:35:21 PM): Third one I hardly feel.
MilesMk1 (10:35:37 PM): 2 CP left over. Hopefully, the mage doesn't spell me in the back, now.
MilesMk1 (10:36:12 PM): There ought to be a law against getting 5 1's on 11 dice.
Thematrian1 (10:36:22 PM): I'll get right on that.
Thematrian1 (10:36:29 PM): SC, roll Willpower
Thematrian1 (10:36:51 PM): and then we'll have the end of the Turn
Dragcrell (10:36:56 PM): (oooooooo this dont boad well)
Dragcrell (10:37:05 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 5
Thematrian1 (10:37:09 PM): !
Dragcrell (10:37:12 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
Dragcrell (10:37:18 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (10:37:22 PM): nothing happens
Dragcrell (10:37:32 PM): O_o
Thematrian1 (10:37:35 PM): not the dramatic end I was hoping for, but better for you guys
Thematrian1 (10:37:39 PM): see you all next week!
Dragcrell (10:37:49 PM): ok
Umbrafer (10:37:55 PM): Hehehe
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MilesMk1 (10:39:03 PM): All right.
MilesMk1 (10:39:09 PM): Next week, not Thursday?
Thematrian1 (10:39:17 PM): or thursday. Jon?
Umbrafer (10:39:20 PM): Thursday.
Umbrafer (10:39:23 PM): Very Thursday.
MilesMk1 (10:39:28 PM): Ok, have a good one, guys.
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Umbrafer (10:39:34 PM): Sleep well, all.
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