Three Pillars: Second Chance
Session 12
The Enemy Within
The Flaming One
Ok. Because of a request, we shall do Eagle Lake first today, then I'm thinking France and Portland.
Jamey Minnis
why don't you summarize the current situation, TJ?
The Flaming One
Okay, quick recap: survelliance of bar has two guys come out w/ Blockbuster clerk. Boys in Fur attack said perps, and then a thing with claws comes out.
Jamey Minnis
Weren't those tentacles?
The Flaming One
Yes, they have claws at the end (okay, they don't, but I have to save face ;)
Jamey Minnis
s'all good. We have clawed tentacles.
Jamey Minnis
or claws on the hands. you never described them... ; >
The Flaming One
Runs was in a bear hug with it; Logan just knocked the crap out of one of the gunmen, Smiles and George were in the back, watching the girl, and Demeter was trying to kill the other one.
The Flaming One
Thats when the other did something, and a blackness broke over everything.
Dina O'Shire
<i'm back>
The Flaming One
Make sense? Did I miss anything?
Jamey Minnis
so we can't see anything?
Dina O'Shire
GET... THEM...
The Flaming One
Not yet.
The Flaming One
Okay, can I have what form everyone is in?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Human. Just rub it in why don't you?
Jamey Minnis
I was in Crinos.
Penny Gronbeck
I think crinos.
The Flaming One
Logan?
Jamey Minnis
probably crinos.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George resents everyone for shapeshifting.
The Flaming One
Poor George.... anyway,
The Flaming One
A thick blackness suddenly envelops everything. There is no light. Sound dies away. You can feel it clutching your arms, your legs. Moving is like swimming through molasses.
Jamey Minnis
Can we smell anything?
Jamey Minnis
Is this like the darkness in my dream?
The Flaming One
You try to smell; it is hard, but you can pick up some scents. But their directions seem to shift from time to time. The darkness shares a bit of that familiarity.
Jamey Minnis
Can I still feel the thing?
The Flaming One
Demeter: There is a great baffled roar in the distance, and bursts of faint starlight in three different places. However, the six levels of damage from the gunfire is real enough--please soak.
Dina O'Shire
<logan is in crinos>
Penny Gronbeck
how many dice?
Dina O'Shire
<sorry bout the time on that, had to take the dog out front...>
The Flaming One
Runs: The thing is still clutching you--it must because you still cannot seem to move as effectively.
The Flaming One
Demeter: Normal soak: Stamina---Ah, yes.... I'll get it...
The Flaming One
Demeter: Pain errupts just above your left knee---you barely manage to catch yourself, but stumble.
Penny Gronbeck
fuck!
The Flaming One
George: The darkness is everywhere. Suddenly, you are shoved to the left side. You catch yourself on something--the car?--but are disorientated.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Uh? Is the girl still holding onto me?
The Flaming One
Runs: The thing is crushing you...you can start to feel the pressure it is exerting: soak 5 levels of bashing.
The Flaming One
George: It is hard to feel her. You think so but---no? You think she has been taken from you.
Jamey Minnis
1236788 - 4 successes
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Okay, gonna reach for where I think she might be, then.
Jamey Minnis
I want to rip into this thing with my jaws.
The Flaming One
Runs: it is getting uncomfortable---you still cannot see anything...you attempt to rend the thing blindly---diff 8
Jamey Minnis
23999 - 3 successes
The Flaming One
George: You lung for where the girl was. You think you feel something for a moment, but then a great pain explodes in your face, knocking you aside and to the ground.
Jamey Minnis
I want to try to latch my teeth on its throat and then to use its tentacles to rip its throat out...
Jamey Minnis
sorry, that would be the leverage from the hold of its tentacles...
The Flaming One
Runs: And how are you going to do the later? Anyway... You get a grip on...something... you start to tear into it...but again, the acid shoots out: roll damage for the hit and soak 4 levels of acid damage.
Jamey Minnis
2224890 - 3 successes.
The Flaming One
Runs: Damage, I assume? How is your soak?
Jamey Minnis
that was my soak - you want damage?
The Flaming One
Yes.
The Flaming One
THe acid is aggravated, of course, so not that (wolfies do soak agg, they just can't heal it as quickly, correct?)
Jamey Minnis
3447778 - 4 successes
Jamey Minnis
yes.
Jamey Minnis
bite is STR+1, right?
The Flaming One
Runs: The creature beneath you seems to shudder some at the contact, but it does not seem to weaken much. The grip is getting stronger: soak 6 levels of bashing damage. (Str+2, I thought [claws were str+1 or is that rev...books still packed).
The Flaming One
Everyone: Tell me at anytime if you are doing something....
Jamey Minnis
if bite is str + 2 I'll get another in future rolls...
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to keep killing the thing I was killing before.
Jamey Minnis
This is another round? ( I get to heal the level of bashing if it is)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh! George tries to get his back square to the jeep, then run directly from it.
Jamey Minnis
2346669 - 4 successes. Ow.
The Flaming One
The darkness seems to be lightening, sounds--unfamiliar at first---scream at you like angry bees. (Yes, new round).
Dina O'Shire
<if the guy on the ground is dead/unconscious, logan will attempt to assist his chief in the most physical of manners- to through himself on any grenades as it were...>
The Flaming One
George: So, getting away from the darkness, I'm assume?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Getting out of this crap, yes.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to spend a point of rage for another action - I want to spend one to rip these tentacles off me with my claws and the other to smack this thing upside the head.
The Flaming One
Jamey: So three actions?
Jamey Minnis
(the latter with the other claw)
Jamey Minnis
no, two. one to rip the tentacles and one to attack the thing.
Dina O'Shire
<logan will assist in ripping the tentacles if he can>
The Flaming One
Got it. The anger is boiling in you as you feel some muscle begin to snap... make the first roll.
Jamey Minnis
Attack roll?
The Flaming One
Logan: You are lost in the darkness... you attempt to rush towards where you think Runs is, but trip over the body instead.
Jamey Minnis
34700 - 3 most likely.
The Flaming One
Yup. THat works....You tear into the tentacles; unlike the main body, there is not blood, no ichor... they just fade away where you tear at them...roll damage.
Jamey Minnis
damage is - dear god - 1677890
Jamey Minnis
6 successes.
The Flaming One
Your rage is great. You tear through the tentacles as if through air---you can hear a muffled roar in the near distance...
The Flaming One
Next action, Runs.
The Flaming One
Demeter: Any plans?
Penny Gronbeck
can I tell where the thing is?
Jamey Minnis
12370 - 1 success? (maybe zero)
Jamey Minnis
Oh, can I take a free action and roar with rage as I attack?
The Flaming One
Demeter: You cannot be sure--the darkness and the pain threw you off.
The Flaming One
Runs: Yes..though you are unsure who will be able to hear it...
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to orient myself, then.
Jamey Minnis
yeah, but it makes him feel better... : )
Dina O'Shire
<and may help logan get his bearings on the chief!>
The Flaming One
Demeter: The leg is knitting and you can stand, but you are not sure where the shooter might be...
Penny Gronbeck
I'll shift to hispo and start moving, doesn't matter what direction.
The Flaming One
Demeter: You shift and begin moving. Like Logan, you bump into a few things, but you have better balance...
The Flaming One
Jamey, that last roll was for attack, correct (to many tasks...)?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Is anything coming of my journey through the muck?
The Flaming One
George: Almost there.... trying to keep everyone in synch in game time...
Jamey Minnis
yes, the last roll was for attack - I dunno if you need damage...
The Flaming One
YOu managed one success--you can roll damage.
Jamey Minnis
1258890 - 4 successes (thank god no ones on attack and damage!)
The Flaming One
George: You stumble towards where you think the jeep is. As you do, you feel the muck become less and less until comforting darkness of natural night surrounds you...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And what do I see?
The Flaming One
Runs: Your claws tear into the "flesh" of the thing. You think it was a solid connection, and the burning sting in your hands confirm it: soak 4 levels of acid again.
Jamey Minnis
1126889 - 4 successes?
The Flaming One
George: You have emerged from a smoky nether cloud; it seems to be dissapating as you watch. You cannot see or hear what is going on inside of it. Beyond it, you think you can make out the sound of people watching and trying to figure out what the hell is going on...
Dina O'Shire
<brb>
The Flaming One
Runs: Yes, but is still stings likes the dickens.
Jamey Minnis
'GRRRRRRRRRRRRR...'
The Flaming One
George: You can also feel the blood running down your face now....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Do I see the girl anyplace?
The Flaming One
George: No...she must be in the darkness still?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, man, broke my damn nose. There go my movie star looks.
Jamey Minnis
How big was tentacle boy? Normal human sized?
The Flaming One
Runs: He has large, but not huge---not natural, either.
The Flaming One
*was* large.
The Flaming One
The darkness is fading away into ribbons. Your senses return to normal...
The Flaming One
Logan, you see that you tripped over the body. You are close to Runs.
The Flaming One
Demeter: You are closest to Runs.
Dina O'Shire
<back>
The Flaming One
Runs: The thing in front of you still looks angry, but seems to be flagging. You can see acid and ichor leak from the wounds you inflicted and from what looks like gunshoot wounds.
The Flaming One
George: You can see the car that the gunmen were driving backing the hell out of the dark cloud. You believe the girl it inside of it.
The Flaming One
Declarations?
Jamey Minnis
Can I see the car? Or only George?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
:) Can I grab my gun and jump in my car?
Dina O'Shire
<logan will flail at the back of the 'angry thing'>
The Flaming One
Runs: They are both behind you, so you can't see either very well...
Jamey Minnis
Right. Then I won't give orders about them... ; >
Dina O'Shire
<howling in response to Run's howl>
Jamey Minnis
Logan is near me?
The Flaming One
All: The crowd gathered near the entrance is scream like madpeople.
The Flaming One
Runs: yes.
Jamey Minnis
I growl to Logan to hamstring it and then rush it to keep it distracted.
Jamey Minnis
I want to rush in and latch my jaws on its throat.
Dina O'Shire
<logan will comply with his chief>
The Flaming One
George: You could, but as the Jeep was supposed to block the exit, and the car is at ramming speed (to move the jeep?), I'd suggest you leap out of the way first.
Dina O'Shire
<he LOVES getting oreders to cause some violence!>
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to disembowel the thing.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Uh. Yeah. They'll have to slow down a bit. George wants to pull a TJ Hooker!
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: tj's a hooker?>
Jamey Minnis
TJ Hooker? I don't get that reference...
The Flaming One
<ooc: Note to sell, kill Teddy....>
Penny Gronbeck
I don't either...
The Flaming One
Old TV show with william shattner and that girl...
The Flaming One
He was a cop.
The Flaming One
HEather locklear.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: hey, i got 50 bucks you man-whore, you! ;) >
Penny Gronbeck
never saw it.
Jamey Minnis
never saw it. So, what is a 'TJ Hooker'?
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: and heh heh- 'note to sell' self? ;) >
The Flaming One
I was asking that myself, but mostly to get a clarification on Justin's action.
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] You are sooooo dead. ;)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
TJ Hooker used to jump onto the hoods of cars.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
It was kind of a tradition with him.
The Flaming One
Ah, got it.
Jamey Minnis
Some things I'm not sure I want to know...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'd like to angle for a window, though.
Dina O'Shire
[private]but i's gots much love for you!
The Flaming One
Fine, this is what happens.
Dina O'Shire
[private];)
Jamey Minnis
You could give the driver a load of 00 buck.
Jamey Minnis
; >
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Break it with the buttof my gun if possible.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'm not a psycho who goes around killing folks... didn't get the Garou gene.
The Flaming One
First: As the incarnate warriors of Gaia, this things stands no chance agains three determined Garou. It is hamstringed, disembowled and torn to pieces expertly. However, the remains of its body all sting you, and you all will take 2 levels of agg damage (not soakable).
Jamey Minnis
Ow. A lot.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, big hot ow.
The Flaming One
George, in an heroic maneuver, leaps toward the car just as it rams through his jeep. He is not as successful as he wanted, but manages to get a hold of the rear window on the drivers side while being splayed over the rear of the car.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yup. Just gave the Methuselahs their sheet, and the last is going to a ghoul that's gonna be important.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Dammit!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ah, hell.
The Flaming One
You have to stop doing that Justin. :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Sucks being mortal.
Jamey Minnis
thanks for the tips on your game, big J. ; >
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Like that tells you anything :)
The Flaming One
Meanwhile, someone is on the back of a speeding getaway car...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I hang on for dear life!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And pray!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Pray to God, Gaia, Buddha, and all of those guys.
Jamey Minnis
What do we see when we turn around TJ?
Jamey Minnis
(since we probably hear George screaming his prayers)
The Flaming One
YOu hang on, but the driver has noticed that he has an extra pasenger is trying to loose you... roll three dice, and make it good [diff 8])
Jamey Minnis
Go George!!!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Fail! 622
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damn.
Matthew Hammer
Uh?
The Flaming One
Well, love these random drops....
The Flaming One
Usually it happens when Matt leaves, but thisone was just random.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Matt's back. No Teddy.
Jamey Minnis
Teddy took me down, eh?
Matthew Hammer
I never left
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Okay. Never mind then.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Still no Teddy! That stands!
Matthew Hammer
The dog must have gotten to teddy
Jamey Minnis
I miss anytihing about George's predicament?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I failed the roll.
The Flaming One
Well, I'll get to Geroge first then: As the car rips around a corner at high speed, you sweaty hands just can't manage to keep the grip. With a yell, you slip, land hard on the dirt embankment, and then tumble into the lake.
Jamey Minnis
I saw that. I was wondering what the roll was.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George lays there in pain.
The Flaming One
Meanwhile, at the bar: You see one gunman, maybe dead. There is a large hole where the beast used to be---steam from the acid wafts from it; finally, there are running and screaming bar patrons running and screaming.
The Flaming One
ooc: is Teddy ICQable, anyone?
Jamey Minnis
Runs will sniff the air and look around. Let me guess, he smells the residue of magic?
Jamey Minnis
no - apparently his ICQ conflicts with netmeeting, which is why he hasn't done the simulaneously.
The Flaming One
Yes. That and blood, smoke, and other bad smells.
The Flaming One
ooc: Lovely.
Jamey Minnis
yep.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George gets up slowly, and tries to make sure everything is where it's supposed to be.
The Flaming One
Oh, I fogot to mention that the front of the jeep has ben crumbled by the collision, but it is still probably servicable.
Jamey Minnis
After he has healed his last level of bruising damage, runs will shift back down.
Jamey Minnis
'Demeter, check on George.'
The Flaming One
George: You're check and nose are probably going to need attention, and your general body is cut and bruised all over, but you think your will live.
Jamey Minnis
'Logan, check inside for anything else, but don't hurt anyone unless they attack you.'
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter nods, and goes off.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Ow."
Jamey Minnis
Runs will check the dead guy's body.
The Flaming One
The gunman?
Jamey Minnis
yeah - I presume it is the other suit guy - the partner to the guy who drove off, right?
The Flaming One
Yes. He is dead; too much trauma all around. His left arms seems to have been melted away by something unnatural.
Jamey Minnis
I want to pick him up and toss him in the back of the Jeep.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, wonderful...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Criminal record, here I come!
Jamey Minnis
I then want to check the pit where the thing dissolved.
The Flaming One
You do so; it makes a squishy sound.
Jamey Minnis
OOC: at this point, cops are the least of your worries...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George wants to limp back to his jeep, and make lots of ow-type noises.
The Flaming One
Demeter: A good distance away, you find George. You are surprised he could hold on for so long.
Jamey Minnis
If there is plastic around (like a tarp), I'll wrap it. Otherwise, I'll just toss it in the back.
The Flaming One
Runs: You just toss it. The area around the other body is not sludge. Nothing even remotely human or animal.
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will check him over by smell, then shift up to homid to look at him.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hey. That hurt. Remind me not to do that again."
Jamey Minnis
I want to take a stick and poke into the hole. Anything there?
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter smiles. "Okay. Next time we're in a fight with monsters and the lights go out, that's the first thing I'll do."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George chuckles for a moment, then holds his side and says "Ow."
The Flaming One
Runs: You find a nearby stick. You place it in. There seems to be nothing inside. When you remove the stick, you find that it has partially melted as well, but only slightly.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Let's go before the cops show up."
The Flaming One
Runs: Logan comes back out. "Inside, come."
Penny Gronbeck
"Do you need help?"
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to head in, shifting to Glabro.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I wouldn't mind some help, but I'm trying to preserve a masculine image here."
Penny Gronbeck
"So you want help, but you want me to look the other way?"
Jamey Minnis
OOC: with a broken nose and a nice big cut, the masculine image is perfectly safe... ; >
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Man you make this difficult..."
Penny Gronbeck
ooc: he's trying to impress a woman who just disemboweled something with her teeth, though...
The Flaming One
The inside of the bar looks like a normal bar, for a white-trash neighborhood. Over in one corner is a lot of destruction: overturned tables, burn marks (?), and one body. You are unsure, but you think it was the other girl from yesterday.
Penny Gronbeck
She'll help him.
Jamey Minnis
Runs will check out the other woman.
Jamey Minnis
He will also examine the burn marks and look for anything else interesting (quickly)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George winces in a manly fashion.
The Flaming One
As you check, you are sure of it: this was the other girl. She still smells funny--like some sort of drug---and her right side is all melted as well. No gun shots, though.
Jamey Minnis
BRB - need to use the rest room.
The Flaming One
The burn marks might be consistent with splatters from the "acid".
The Flaming One
ooc: Anyone get e-mail from Teddy, so far?
Jamey Minnis
back
The Flaming One
Teddy comes, Jamey drops.
The Flaming One
Teddy: Long story short: thing dead, car get away.
Dina O'Shire
k
Jamey Minnis
right. back again.
Jamey Minnis
sorry 'bout that.
The Flaming One
I think its your network.
Jamey Minnis
we have a melted chick, some burn marks, and nothing else interesting?
Jamey Minnis
yeah, it is probably the IP masquerading and the firewall.
The Flaming One
Well, an empty bar.
Jamey Minnis
not real interesting there.
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will touch George a little more than is strictly necessary.
Jamey Minnis
Did George mention a beer preference?
Jamey Minnis
ever?
Dina O'Shire
[private]good chance i'll be going on and off tonight- sorry, my uncle is fixing my sister's computer 'cos it won't connect to the net... of course, he's prolly using our account and therefore will continuely kick ME off...
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] Tell him to go f.... I mean, grr...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not really, no.
Dina O'Shire
[private]actually, i did just call him and tell him not to, but he is known to not listen...
Jamey Minnis
I grab George a 40 of whatever they have at the bar and leave a 10 for it. I'll walk out the door with the beer in one hand and the girl slung over my shoulder.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George lets himself get helped into the jeep. "Oh, man... that's gonna be expensive..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Come on ramblers, let's get rambling."
The Flaming One
You all think you might hear some sirens in the distance... they aren't coming fast though.
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter gets in the jeep.
Jamey Minnis
I toss the girl in the back, shift down to homid and get in.
Jamey Minnis
Let's get lost before they get here, George.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Way ahead of you, Chief."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George gets out of here, thanks.
Dina O'Shire
<mimics the chief, throwing the body of the crushed man in the back>
The Flaming One
The jeep moves, but a bit sluggishly.
Dina O'Shire
<we did check their pockets, right?>
The Flaming One
No, not yet.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Aw, man... there goes my ride."
Jamey Minnis
The crushed man?
Penny Gronbeck
"Where are we going?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I figure someplace kinda rural."
Jamey Minnis
The woods somewhere would be good.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No attention there."
Dina O'Shire
<the mess of flesh and broken bones logan slaughtered...>
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter nods. "Good plan... can't really take our guests to a hotel."
Jamey Minnis
Do we have 3 bodies here? I thought I tossed the one guy in the back and the girl - is there a third one?
The Flaming One
No, only two (Teddy missed that part).
Jamey Minnis
ok. great.
Jamey Minnis
I was figuring to check their pockets after we got somewhere safe.
Dina O'Shire
<oh, my bad...>
Dina O'Shire
<at least i was thinking along the chief's lines, eh? ;) >
Jamey Minnis
Runs hands George the 40. 'I figured you could use this.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, thanks, Chief. This will help till I go to a doctor."
Jamey Minnis
How bad off does George look?
The Flaming One
Oh, you are unsure if he can drive straight with the blood in his eye.
Jamey Minnis
Right.
Jamey Minnis
Maybe someone else should drive and you should give directions.
Jamey Minnis
Perhaps the Caern would be a good location? We can get you a healer there.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No, I'm fine. Never been better, really."
Dina O'Shire
<logan smiles> i wanna drive! i wanna drive, eh!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sure, sure, the Caern. Sounds good."
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter looks at him. "I can drive."
Jamey Minnis
'Let Demeter drive. You've shown us all your bravery today.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George allows someone else to take the helm after pulling over.
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will drive.
Dina O'Shire
<logan looks downcast, but it's all for the best as he can't drive anyways!>
The Tainted Past
The Flaming One
The battered, bruised, and burned return the caern. Meanwhile, in Southern France....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Meanwhile, at the Chinese Laundromat.
Dina O'Shire
um, the shit was hitting the fan?
The Flaming One
Yes. Pain and suffering all around.
The Flaming One
There was a scream, a glow, and then the cloud of death disappeared.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Somewhere, the Turnip Farmer laughs...
Dina O'Shire
<dina was rushing BACK up the abbey stairs to get a better view...>
The Flaming One
Lets see: Dina was running like a madwoman towards Sara, and Sara was hurt and confused by a polish screaming head.
The Flaming One
Oops, back then.
The Flaming One
Everything straight?
Jamey Minnis
hey, kids. Jamey is going to head to bed now. I'll catch y'all later. (I have the lovely cold thing going around the office)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Peace out.
Penny Gronbeck
night Jamey.
Dina O'Shire
<night jamey! go cards!>
Matthew Hammer
bye Jamey
Dina O'Shire
<might as well root for a team that has a chance, afterall...>
Jamey Minnis
you should become a StL fan - I see a world series, Stanley cup and Superbowl repeat in their future...
Jamey Minnis
bye, y'all
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I noticed no NBA championship... heh heh
Dina O'Shire
<hey, that stanley is ALL about the yotes!>
The Flaming One
Well, back tothis game... ;)
Dina O'Shire
<man, i hate moving from a winner town to a loser one... :( >
Dina O'Shire
<i'm rooting for the big black thing of death...>
The Flaming One
What you two girls up to?
Dina O'Shire
<see above about rooting for a 'winning' team, afterall... ;) >
Dina O'Shire
<dina's going back to her perch to see the view of lovely southern france...>
The Flaming One
Sara?
Matthew Hammer
Um, she's somewhat stunned from what just happened
The Flaming One
K.
Matthew Hammer
That would be: pretty much nothing more strenous than looking around at the destruction
The Flaming One
Sara: You can hear the moans of the dead and dying all around you. Near the tent, you think you can still hear a few tattered prayers. YOu hear nothing from hole.
The Flaming One
Dina: You rush up the stairs, visions of death and destruction before you. You look, but see nothing emerge from the hole.
The Flaming One
The dig sight has been destroyed. Everything has been upturned and demolished.
Dina O'Shire
<nonetheless, she pulls her rifle back up to her shoulder and begins scanning the ground once more...>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ah yes. the just punishment for those who destroy an old man's turnips.
The Flaming One
Karma's a bitch. :)
Matthew Hammer
Screw Karma
Penny Gronbeck
I used to go to school with a girl named Karma...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
The turnip farmer takes his ugly wife on vacation.
Dina O'Shire
<mumbling to herself> fecking turnippy-froggy-karma...
The Flaming One
Dina: You scan the ground. There are so many bodies. Some have had parts of their body crushed. Others are a pale, unnatural white. None died an easy death.
Matthew Hammer
Sara, in a daze, stands up and starts slowly making her way towards the pit.
Dina O'Shire
<anyone she can recognise? through the crushedness, that is...>
Dina O'Shire
<and does she see sara stumbling towards the pit?>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Dina's gonna cap Sara!
Penny Gronbeck
I was hoping for lesbian sex...
Matthew Hammer
I still see him
Dina O'Shire
see who?
Matthew Hammer
sorry
The Flaming One
Dina: Kittemer, dead, his head crushed in. William, dead, frozen in place with a look of horror on his face. The man you lost to in poker, his chest torn open.
The Flaming One
Dina: You can see Sara. She seems to be stumbling in a daze towards the pit.
Dina O'Shire
poor ol' kitty-pants, 'e shoulda listened ta me, 'e shoulda... ann'a william, aye- dirty chits'll do tha ta ye... and 'im... well, nah so sorry 'bout 'im i'm nah...
Dina O'Shire
an'na lessee 'ere, oo's this a-stumblin'???
The Flaming One
Sara: You can see the bodies around you and try to ignore them. You see your French Guide cowering underneath another body. From his motion, you can tell he is alive, but probably not well.
Dina O'Shire
<recognises sara> SARA! sara, lass, up 'ere, AYE!
Matthew Hammer
Sara doesn't hear. She continues slowly and unstadily towards the center of destruction
Dina O'Shire
<more loudly now, frantically waving her hands with her wand in the left one, adding forces to her voice...> SARA! LASS! UP 'ERE!!!!
Dina O'Shire
<roll= 7, 7, 0>
The Flaming One
Sara: You pass near one of the bulldozers, tossed aside like a child's plaything. The ground is rougher here, from the initial explosion, but there are no bodies this far. The hair on the back of your neck begins to stand straight up.
The Flaming One
Dina: It is loud, you have not doubt that she cannot hear you. The dead probably can hear you.
Matthew Hammer
She slows to a stop and starts to regain her senses.
Matthew Hammer
Can she see into the pit from here?
The Flaming One
Sara: The hole is straight down; you would have to be over it. YOu are not quite close enough.
Dina O'Shire
<one last time to sara through the window> AYE THERE LASS! ARE YE A WALKIN' DEADER 'ER WHA' NOW? UP 'ERE!!! <if sara doesn't respond this time, dina will gather her belongings and head out after her...>
Matthew Hammer
She looks back at the dead bodies to see if Dina is amoung them
Matthew Hammer
Sara does hear this time, and looks up at the tower.
The Flaming One
Sara: She is there, you think, a bob of red hair in the distance.
Dina O'Shire
<dina continues to wave her hands, a stick clutched tightly in one of them> AYE!?! YE 'EAR ME NOW 'ER WHA'?
The Flaming One
Sara: Her voice could probably be heard almost to town.
Matthew Hammer
Sara waves for Dina to come down.
Dina O'Shire
WAIT THERE! I BE A COMIN' DOWN! <dina does rush down after her now, going the way closest to the nuns first, to check on them...>
Dina O'Shire
<and yes, while dina pockets her wand, she is still brandishing the ak-47>
Matthew Hammer
Sara takes the time to incant slowly. Spirit and prime sight.
Dina O'Shire
<how are the nuns?>
The Flaming One
Dina: The nuns are by the tent. There is hurt and pain on all their faces. On one, a young nun, a spot of red constrats with her pale, lifeless face. Next to her, almost normal by comparison, is the Mother Superior. You do not see a mark on her, but you know she has passed.
Dina O'Shire
<are they all dead?>
The Flaming One
Sara: The words, the words which have betrayed you so many times recently, come this time. You can feel the residue all around. Great purple and grey streams float about, a mist above the pit and over the dig site.
Dina O'Shire
<dina will take her time to check, first mundanely, then with life if necessary>
The Flaming One
Dina: No, three of them are still alive. They do not look very happy.
Matthew Hammer
Is there anything still active around?
Dina O'Shire
<to the nuns, unfortunately still very loudly at first> AYE NOW YE'LL B- <she stops herself at the sound of her loud voice and coaxes the wand in her pocket to cancel the rote...> aye, soory 'bout tha... ye'll be all right now, tend ta any o' tha others tha mayhap still be among tha livin', the Lord be a-willin'... can meself be 'elpin' ye at all?
The Flaming One
Sara: You do not see anything on the surface. Near the pit, there may be traces of activity, but it is very faint.
The Flaming One
The nuns look confusingly at you and start babbling in French.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: am i still here? my sister just picked up the phone...>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
yes
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]brb... got some stuff to do
The Flaming One
No teddy, you have been banshed to the realm of nothingness, hahahahahahah!
Dina O'Shire
<just checking...>
The Flaming One
Sara, what plans?
Dina O'Shire
<dina pulls out her rosary and shows it to the nuns, then takes a few bandages from her backpack and hands them to the nuns, speaking a prayer in latin...>
Matthew Hammer
She was actually waiting for Dina to get here. Hmmm, sounds dumber when I say it out loud.
The Flaming One
Waiting for Dina is always dangerous.
Dina O'Shire
<she will think for a moment, then throw caution to the wind and use her life magick to heal any of the nuns which seem to be critically wounded, including slashing her own veins to aid in the rotes...>
Dina O'Shire
<and hey! just 'cos it's true doesn't mean it's not mean! ;) >
The Flaming One
The nuns still look at your strangely, The AK-47 waves in their direction as you struggle for the bandages; they seemed very wary around tat. None of them are critically wounded, tnough.
Dina O'Shire
<in that case, dina gives them a quick smiles, crosses herself with the rosary and rushes to sara's location...>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]and I'm back
Matthew Hammer
Yeah. Sara turns back to the pit and starts edging towards it.
The Flaming One
Sara: Dina is coming towards you. She has a gun; and a big one at that. Odd for a doctor.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Dina has taken the hypocritic oath...
Matthew Hammer
Sara is somehow not totally surprised.
Matthew Hammer
chuckle
Dina O'Shire
<out of breath from all this rushing, and obviously very excited, dina still seems calm and secure, like all these big explosions and apocalyptic battles are nothing new for her... she is completely oblivious to the deadly weapon she is weilding...>
Dina O'Shire
aye now there, ms. brin... ye made it! good fer ye!
Matthew Hammer
Sara is approaching the pit. She waves Dina to silence.
Matthew Hammer
(yeah right, huh?)
Dina O'Shire
<dina walks carefully up to her and whispers in her ear> are ye SURE ye want ta be a-goin' in tha rabbit 'ole?
The Flaming One
You are before the pit. It is a dark hole into the earth. However, you notice that there is some light down there.
Matthew Hammer
Is something still happening down there?
The Flaming One
You do not see motion in the little area you can see. Your magickal sight reveals nothing out of the ordinary: the flows which were once in this area seem to have faded---though only recently.
Dina O'Shire
<dina's eyes get wide> aye, there be! tha' 'ore o' williams, tha'un thass got 'im in tha deadbook, went down there with tha wee deader's 'eart afore all this a-started...
Dina O'Shire
this be no place fer a booky type liken yerself...
Matthew Hammer
<Damn, Dina spout gibberish I can't even begin to decipher>
Dina O'Shire
<hey, i thought sara was a linguist, afterall...>
The Flaming One
(ye, there is. That whoe of williams, that one that got him killed, went down there with the corpses heart)
Matthew Hammer
Sara is going to drop the Prime and Spirit and incant for a life scan.
Matthew Hammer
<thanks. I was completely stumped)
Dina O'Shire
<does dina see sara doing anything witchy-like?>
The Flaming One
Sara: Do you have correspondence? I forget.
The Flaming One
Dina: Depends on how loud she it chanting. Its in a language you don't recognize, even if you can hear it, but it is very rhythmic and strange.
Matthew Hammer
She's right next to me, so I'm sure she can hear it. I'm looking into that correspondence thing. But she does have enough for the simple life scan.
Dina O'Shire
<dina looks strangely at sara's chanting> aye, whass all tha now? ye be o' some 'eathen religion 'er wha? an' 'ere i thought ye were catholic! guess we cannae all be perfect now, aye? <she smiles wryly>
The Flaming One
Sara: You don't, according to my notes. Its not capability, its distance and going out of line-o-sight (both ameliorated by correspondence). YOu do not detect anything in the immediate area, but things could be interfereing with that sense.
Dina O'Shire
<then begins a prayer of her own...> good Lord, i's me, yer prodigal daughter an' wha'nah... i jus' be knowin' this barmy booky means ta be a-goin' inta tha evil 'ole ann'a i be knowin' i's me duty ta follow, so be a-grantin' me strength tha i may do Yer Divine biddin'...
Dina O'Shire
<p.s. it's just a prayer, not a rote...>
Dina O'Shire
<after her praying, dina lets out a loud sigh and moves her scope down the rifle (so she can use it at normal range) then locks a 30-round cartridge into the belly of it with a loud *CLACK*>
Matthew Hammer
No, I don't have Correspondence. The description of the rote does indicate that one can locate life as long as it's not a great distance away. She's just trying to see if there is anything living down there anyway.
Dina O'Shire
<to sara> aye, well now, i ken tell ye wanna go down there... so let's jus' do it, aye?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, this is a good plan...
Matthew Hammer
Holding out her hand, "Okay, lower me down."
Dina O'Shire
<and of course, dina is shining like a big bloody beacon right next to you... ;) >
Matthew Hammer
<So?>
Dina O'Shire
<dina complies and then hops down after her>
Matthew Hammer
<couple of crazy wenches>
Dina O'Shire
<i couldn't agree more>
Dina O'Shire
<besides, i thought all the machinaery was destroyed... ;) >
The Flaming One
You clamber down the dirt passage. It is a bit tight in a few places. it gives away to a harder rock. The last bit, however, you have to fall. Roll a normal soak roll, diff 6
Matthew Hammer
two.
Dina O'Shire
1
The Flaming One
You both manage to avoid an damage from the drop.
Matthew Hammer
So . . . we look around.
The Flaming One
You have entered a large hewn cavern. On one side, it has collapsed. On the other is all the interesting stuff.
Dina O'Shire
<dina does have her flack jacket on still...>
Matthew Hammer
What composes the interesting stuff? Evil witch ladies trying to warp us?
Dina O'Shire
<hey! dina's on YOUR side...>
The Flaming One
There is a single torch burning; by the looks of it, recently lighted. Beside it is an alcove with a body in it. There is writing above it, but it is to far away.
Dina O'Shire
aye, well... tha seems ta be yer area o' expertise... lucky ye... <dina smiles at sara>
The Flaming One
The torch flickers; it does not cover the entire room. You notice something dark near the recess.
Matthew Hammer
<not Dina> What does the body look like? Fresh, old?
The Flaming One
From here: Dead, skeletal.
Dina O'Shire
<to sara> tell ye wha, i'll check tha deader iff'n ye check tha writin', aye?
Matthew Hammer
"Do you see something in the recess?"
Dina O'Shire
<looks at sara oddly> nay, i donnae see nufing 'cept tha deader an' a wee bit o' scrawlin' above 'im...
Dina O'Shire
<dina goes to grab the torch and take a closer look at the recess>
The Flaming One
Dina grabs the torch. The body has rotted away to only bones; any shroud has long since passed to dust. It is a male body by the size of it, and very tall. One very odd feature is that it is missing its left arm.
The Flaming One
Uh, d'oh
The Flaming One
Justin, you're the only one here, correct?
The Flaming One
Matt?
Matthew Hammer
Hello?
The Flaming One
He.
The Flaming One
Hi.
Matthew Hammer
(he says to the echoing room)
Matthew Hammer
Oh, wow. what an echo
The Flaming One
Echo. Echo. Salami.
Matthew Hammer
Echo, Echo, Pastrami
The Flaming One
Matt. do you have a Mic on your machine?
Matthew Hammer
Hi Teddy
Matthew Hammer
No..
Matthew Hammer
Why?
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: you know, i was pretty sure it WASN'T me that time!>
Dina O'Shire
hi all...
The Flaming One
'cuz when you connect, I get feedback through my speakers.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Sorry about that...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I gotta move...
Matthew Hammer
It's secret subliminal commands
The Flaming One
Mother has a hard timelimit, Justin? Or did you not type anything for a while?
Dina O'Shire
<democrats = rats>
Matthew Hammer
<Make Sara win . . . Make Sara win . . .>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I
Dina O'Shire
<yeah!>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nope, mother picked up the phone.
The Flaming One
Ah, different Mother.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
republicans=nazis
The Flaming One
(Mother is an ISP up here)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Mother gave me life, and plans to take it away soon.
The Flaming One
I see.
Dina O'Shire
heh
Penny Gronbeck
she always seemed so nice...
The Flaming One
Anyway, I was taking away someone elses life... where were we?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
You were telling the girls about the deader and the writing.
Dina O'Shire
ummm... dina was gonna grab the torch and look more closely into the recess...
The Flaming One
Dina grabs the torch. The body has rotted away to only bones; any shroud has long since passed to dust. It is a male body by the size of it, and very tall. One very odd feature is that it is missing its left arm.
Matthew Hammer
I had asked what was in the corner, dina grabbed the torch, I commented on how that would be unwise in some settings . . .
The Flaming One
(Didn't get that comment, I think)
Matthew Hammer
<Matt laughs and claps his hands>
Matthew Hammer
Uh, was there anything in the recess?
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: heh, dina didn't get that comment either... nor would she have listened anyhow...>
Matthew Hammer
<ooc: it was ooc>
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: trying to see if this cave has a 'clapper' hooked up of something there, matt? ;) >
The Flaming One
Besides the body, there is nothing else in the recess. However, by the tracings of the dust, there *was* something here until recently. Vaguely rectangular.
Matthew Hammer
<No, amused by the corpse>
Dina O'Shire
<dina begins to make a quick search over, under, and of the deader...>
Matthew Hammer
Sara takes a look at the inscription above the body.
The Flaming One
There is nothing over, under or in the deader besides what you have seen.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: oh is this a fugitive sort of scenario or something?>
Penny Gronbeck
<deader...what a great word.>
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: am i the ONLY one who plays planescape?>
The Flaming One
Sara: The inscription is in the same style as that written over the other corpse, but this one is written in an old form of Polish, not French.
The Flaming One
ooc: No teddy. loved that game too.
The Flaming One
Sara: "Here lies Lech, protector of Nitkowo. May the Twister never come again."
Matthew Hammer
Sara takes a look at the disturbed dust.
Matthew Hammer
Tracks or anything?
Dina O'Shire
[private]ooc: oh, THANK GOODNESS!!! i think everybody else thinks i'm crazy! i'm just supplanting dina's irish with annah's, obviously... well, you're the only one that matters, so good that!
The Flaming One
Sara: There are some tracks, but there was some sort of scuffle or your movements have obscured some of them.
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] Did you play through all the different endings?
Matthew Hammer
So to sum up: Looks like somone walked in here and took the rectangular shaped object that had been placed besides the corpse, then left/disappeared. Is there any other entrances?
Dina O'Shire
[private]yup, i've hit two of them so far, my current character is chaotic evil- can't wait to see what happens to him! i've sold ignus into slavery and murdered fall-from-grace so far... i go on quests and then kill whoever sent me on them when i'm done... it's fun!
The Flaming One
It is very dark where the light does not shine, so you cannot be certain.
Dina O'Shire
<dina turns to sara> looks liken 'ooever were 'ere took tha goods an'na went tha'a'ways...
Dina O'Shire
so whass all tha scrawlin' say?
Matthew Hammer
Sara motions for our good lady of the torch. "We need to see if there are any other entrances."
Matthew Hammer
"It says 'Here lies Lech, protector of Nitkowo. May the Twister never come again."
Dina O'Shire
tha twister? ye mean tha wee deader o'ours?
Matthew Hammer
"No, I don't suspect so . . ."
Dina O'Shire
an'na why nah? thass wha size-wha-ski called 'im, tha 'twisted monk' er wha'nah...
Dina O'Shire
may'ap 'e WERE tha 'twister' o' which ye speak...
Dina O'Shire
sure were a-twisted 'imself, aye?
Matthew Hammer
"I'm fairly sure that the Twister was someone or something else. The monk's journal also referenced a Twister."
Matthew Hammer
"Could we use teh torch to check for any other means of exit?"
Dina O'Shire
an'na whass it gots ta say about it? doncha be a-'oldin' out on me now!
Dina O'Shire
aye, we *COULD* use this torch o' mine ta find another way out, buh nah til ye come clean bouts all ye know o' this place!
Matthew Hammer
"Look, we can talk later when we aren't cramped down here. Lets finish up first,please"
Dina O'Shire
<dina is very wide-eyed and obviously paranoid about being alone with sara, some booky girl who just walked straight towards this evil pit where dina had just seen another evil chick go...>
Matthew Hammer
<too bad>
Matthew Hammer
:^)
The Flaming One
The torch, stuby to begin w/, is starting to fade some.
Dina O'Shire
aye, well, mayhap our badd'uns done escaped through there... <she motions towards the crumbled wall> an'na then caved tha cave in on i'self, iff'n ye ken wha i mean...
Matthew Hammer
'Look at the dust besides the body, something was sitting here, but it looks as if someone came and took it. I didn't notice anyone leaving the hole, so where did it go?"
Dina O'Shire
aye, true tha... an'na is nah liken ye see big ol' streaming reams o' black evil every bloody day either, aye?
Matthew Hammer
Is there any other possibilities that occur?
Matthew Hammer
"No. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't look"
The Flaming One
They could have tumbled the passage, but that looks old; could have moved out when no one was looking; could have escaped by magic, coould have been destroyed, could be hiding in wait.
Dina O'Shire
<dina hands sara the torch and begins searching her backpack for a flashlight>
Matthew Hammer
<ooc: thanks a lot>
Matthew Hammer
Sara raises the guttering torch and looks around.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: she plans to use forces to catch you on fire with it if you turn out to be a badd'un!>
The Flaming One
Just as you do that, a figure steps into the light. It is the woman. She is holding an obviously old book. She smiles as you approach. "Ah. Well then. Looks like we can finally get out of this place."
The Flaming One
and sequers (got to get to Portland....)
Dina O'Shire
<dina turns, levels her weapon, and...>
Dina O'Shire
damn it!!!!!!!
Matthew Hammer
NExt time on France, Does Dina kill the strange woman, does . . . wait these questions need no answers, of course she does.
The Flaming One
Oh, before we go, one last note: If you shoot, that book is going to be toast.
Matthew Hammer
Damnit
Dina O'Shire
<actually, she was levelling her weapon at sara...>
Matthew Hammer
Hey!
Dina O'Shire
<she HATES ventriloquists...>
Matthew Hammer
HOw about mimes?
Dina O'Shire
<don't even get her started...>
Penny Gronbeck
everyone hates mimes...
Darkness and Light
The Flaming One
Portland: Back at the apartment, pondering the future...
Matthew Hammer
I gotta sleep. Work soon. night all.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: will you all need coleman? i kinda have some plans tonight...>
The Flaming One
Night, matt.
Penny Gronbeck
night Matt.
Dina O'Shire
night matt!
The Flaming One
Don't know. Ask them. I hvae not idea what they want to do.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No need. We'll visit the warehouse tomorrow and question our loyal bums.
Dina O'Shire
coolio- i'm gonna go to guitar practice... cheers!
The Flaming One
Ta.
Penny Gronbeck
night teddy.
The Flaming One
Okay, warehouse? In the morning, I assume.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
G'night.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yep. In the morning.
Penny Gronbeck
sure, morning.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That night, Damon is planning to roam the Umbra some, but we can email that, if you like.
Penny Gronbeck
TJ: did you get my email?
The Flaming One
Overview of the roam, please.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Now?
The Flaming One
Penny: Yes. Call away (though the morning is a bad time to call).
The Flaming One
Just an overview of what you want to do: that way I know if it needs to be dealt w/ now (ie., I go find a nexus crawler and dominate it vs. I got for a stroll)
Penny Gronbeck
(a lot of schools have morning classes...) she'll start calling, make notes of hours.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Okay, he's gonna check out the major parts of the city. Check out the local Umbrood. See what sort of Spirits are about. Politic some, if he can.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He wants Spirit allies, as he has none.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Allies in the Low Umbra, but none in the Middle Umbra
The Flaming One
Damon: We'll do e-mail (you tell me what you plan, I'll tell you what happened sort of deal).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He's not gonna turn away from a dominateable Nexus Crawler, though :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Just as a reminder, Stormcrows are the traditional allies of the Shadow Lords.
The Flaming One
Ivy: There are many, even one or two w/ classes in the real early morning. Karate, Tai Kwan Do, Chinese Kung Fu, Aikido, Hapkido, Tai Chi, your choice
Penny Gronbeck
okay, in order of preference for style, Chinese Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido. If it's geographically convenient to do it differently, she'll go with that.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ah, Ivy in class. More spirit world time for Damon.
Penny Gronbeck
obviously, preference for morning classes at this point.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Early, early morning are Tai Chi and Tae Kwan Do (5 am, those sickos). The others don't open till 7.
Penny Gronbeck
She'll head towards Tai Chi. It's good not having to sleep.
The Flaming One
K. We'll handle that by e-mail to (again, tell me what you want, and I'll tell you what happens).
Penny Gronbeck
sure.
The Flaming One
Meanwhile, warehouse? Any other stops/discussions first?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ah, yes...
Penny Gronbeck
we're doing that at night, yes?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
When Ivy is going through her clothes for the day, she finds a silver ring.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yes, at night. Daytime is bad.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks confusedly at it, then starts searching the rest of her stuff.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
It's one of those Irish rings with the hands clasping the heart under the crown.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nope, that's it.
Penny Gronbeck
"Damon?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks up from the living room. "Yes?"
Penny Gronbeck
She shows him the ring.
Penny Gronbeck
"It was in my clothes..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks at it, then looks at her. "It's a tradition in Ireland. It symbolizes loyatly, friendship and love. Wear it crown down, you're free. Wear it like this..." He shows her his right hand where she sees it crown up on the ring finger. "You're taken."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy puts it on her finger, crown up. She kisses Damon on the cheek.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon tries not to glow so much.
Penny Gronbeck
"Movie?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"sure."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
In this manner we kill a day.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
At night, we go back to the warehouse.... unless we encounter EVIL!
The Flaming One
The day is killed. YOu decide not to talk to its Wraith.
The Flaming One
No evil. Just mimes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Mwahahahahahaha!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Mimes?
The Flaming One
j/k.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon does mean things to them with Entropy...
The Flaming One
Night. Warehouse. Meanacing building.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I look for my bums.
Penny Gronbeck
I look around, smell the air.
The Flaming One
"Your" bums are where you left them, but they look very out of it. Several brown paper bags surround them.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I approach them. "Gentlemen. I'm back."
The Flaming One
One of them, the less angry one, looks at you a little bleary eyed. "Yes?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Mmm... too drunk to have seen much of anything, I expect."
The Flaming One
He nods to the other. "No, no. He's the drunk one. You try sleeping when he snores."
Penny Gronbeck
"We'll skip that, thanks."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon smiles. "Good, then earn this twenty. What have you seen in the last day or two?"
The Flaming One
The man takes the money a bit gingerly and rubs his eyes. "Lots of traffic, mostly cars from people who work there, that'd be my guess. Couple trucks, the ones with that logo you talked about. One of the TechnoG's."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"One technogenesis truck? And several with the warehouse logo? Hmmm."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Did you hear anything from the drivers?"
The Flaming One
"Not from here. Too far. I don't like that building. Gives me the creeps."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I understand. You've done well." Damon hands him another twenty and a phone number. "Call if you see anything else."
The Flaming One
The man takes it again, looking at you strangely, but doesn't say anything.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"One last thing. Guards? How many, and when do they patrol?"
The Flaming One
Damon, make a per+awareness roll, diff 7 when you have a moment
Justin Robinson-Prickett
3 successes - 088831
The Flaming One
"Uh... not sure. 3? 5?"
The Flaming One
Damon: Out of the corner of your eye, you think you see a wraithly shape near the complex. When you try to get a better look, you do not see anything.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Thank you very much. Excuse us, please."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon walks toward where he thought he saw the shape.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sebastian? Do you see anyone?"
The Flaming One
The shape was near the building, beyond the fence.
The Flaming One
Sebastian: "No. No one haunts the streets."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon wants to have a look at the building from the other side. Can he shift his sight over?
The Flaming One
He can use spirit sight. But he can't see inside.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No prob.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
4 successes
The Flaming One
The building seems a little darker on the other side, more menacing. There seems to be a lattice of something spirit over part of it (for protection?). The area around is clear of major spiritual traffic, as far as you can tell.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Warded it looks like?
The Flaming One
Yes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yoda speech patterns, there... sorry.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon turns to Ivy, not bothering to shift his sight back to normal. "Shall we go in?"
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy nods. "Sure."
The Flaming One
As you do so, you notice something. Something has marked her.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Huh? I have a look.
Penny Gronbeck
oh, fuck me...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Probably just that asinine familiar...
The Flaming One
There is a dark stain on her, a barb on her aura. You do not remember seeing something like this before.
Penny Gronbeck
no, probably the thing that touched her at Ms. Routterage
Penny Gronbeck
's place....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I have a closer look...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nexus Crawler stain?
Penny Gronbeck
fuck!
The Flaming One
Perhaps. YOu take a look at it closer. It ressonates entropy, spirit and prime all at once. It is a spiritual tumor, a cancer of the soul.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Well, that's not good. Time to operate!
Penny Gronbeck
FUCK!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon would like to get her someplace more... discreet.
Penny Gronbeck
maybe telling her what's going on would be good....
The Flaming One
There are several buildings; some of them might be empty.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Ivy, you have something on your aura. Something I need to remove."
Penny Gronbeck
"I what?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"A spiritual cancer of sorts. Don't worry. I can deal with it."
Penny Gronbeck
"What?" Ivy looks confused and a little concerned.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"It's a taint. I think the Nexus Crawler... the thing at Mrs. Routterage's put it on you."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy nods. "You can get it out, right?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon nods. "Of course. Once I have a closer look, it's as good as gone."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy nods, meeting his eyes. "Do it."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Let's go someplace quieter." Damon gestures to a seemingly empty building.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy leads the way towards it.
The Flaming One
This building looks like it has been empty for some time; you can hear the tell-tale sign of rats in the distance.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Lie down on the floor, please"
Penny Gronbeck
are there squatters?
The Flaming One
Not that you can see. Strange.
Penny Gronbeck
She'll lie on the floor.
Penny Gronbeck
What's it smell like in here?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks about the place. He has not shifted his sight back, yet.
The Flaming One
Dirty. Dust. Faintly of some clorine, perhaps.
The Flaming One
Damon: No activity in the spirit world.
Penny Gronbeck
chlorine? that's weird....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Mmm. Damon would like to work the pattern of the thing into his box and look at it. (Entropy 1, Prime 1, Spirit 1)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
9654
The Flaming One
It is a mark of corruption. It is eating away at the core of her being. You suspect that given enough time (how much, you are not certain), it could pervert Ivy into---something else. Considering the source, you do not want to think about that much.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No, not at all.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
First, Damon would like to isolate it from its quintessence source. Prime 2
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy holds still and thinks about the dentist's.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
9884
Justin Robinson-Prickett
While working, Damon mutters things about "Taint." "Interesting." "My mark."
The Flaming One
Damon: You begin to bleed it dry. Ivy begins to whiper a bit as you do so (Ivy: Pain, just slightly, but it is all over... a very strange sensation).
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy wishes Sam were there.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Disgusting. I'm almost there."
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like not to whimper, please.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Fine, but you give some audio/physical remark then. :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon would now like to wither the aura around it, to create a barrier... a spiritual scab, if you will. Entropy 3, Spirit 2
Justin Robinson-Prickett
0873
Penny Gronbeck
she'll bite her lip.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Truly interesting. I imagine I could do something similar."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks her in the eye. "Don't be frightened, my love."
The Flaming One
Damon: As you you being to operate on it some more, it reacts---starts spreading quickly. It is wrapping around essentials of her being at a rapid rate.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You are feeling nauseous.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy thinks about dissection in biology class, and what it's like to be the pig.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon snarls. "Bastard. Clever, clever bastard."
Penny Gronbeck
how nauseous?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Spirit 3, Prime 2, Entropy 1. Find the weak points, wither them, rip the spirit body.
The Flaming One
Ivy: The room is slightly spinning. As you never loose your balance, this is distrubing.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
9764
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy closes her eyes. "Will it help if I puke?"
The Flaming One
Hold on a moment, Justin, you need to hear something first...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Clever bastard. Does it amuse you to do this?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I listen.
The Flaming One
You suspect you could do that and it would destroy it. However, you are uncertain in what state it would leave Ivy it (as it is pretty well coiled). YOu need better finnese spiritually. You can slow it, you believe, but you don't think you can get rid of it and leave Ivy whole.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Hrm. But there must be someone who can...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'll slow it.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You feel a little numb for a moment. Then it passes. But throughout the day you'll have slight moments of strange sleepiness, but it will pass quickly.
Penny Gronbeck
that's really going to disturb her.
The Flaming One
Damon: You manage to slow what feeds it. This has the unforntunate side effect of slowing a bit of the ebb of Ivy's spirit, but you suspect it should be minor---for now.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"This... this... we need to speak with Mrs. Routterage about this."
Penny Gronbeck
"Is it gone?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No. It is sleeping."
Penny Gronbeck
"What is it?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"With some practice, I can remove it... but I can't remove it yet without hurting you badly."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"It's a taint. It wants to... change you."
Penny Gronbeck
"Into what?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I don't know."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy's eyes grow wide and she stares at the ceiling, not focusing on anything.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Don't be afraid. I can kill this thing. Just not yet. I need... more allies beyond the veil."
Penny Gronbeck
"How long do we have?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I don't know. Enough time. That I can promise you. But I need to get to work on destroying this thing, Now."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy nods, closes her eyes, and gets up.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You may get a little tired from time to time. That's a side effect of what I did."
Penny Gronbeck
"Okay."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Let's go home. I'll need to go out again."
Penny Gronbeck
"Okay."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
TJ - This has become Damon's priority... he is going back out to the Umbra as soon as they get home.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy is trying not to panic.
The Flaming One
Can do. Its getting late (I realize the network kind of delayed us). Shall we finishs this next time (or do this in addition to the other stuff on e-mail?)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon will hold her on the ride home.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
There will be tons of email.
The Flaming One
I can do e-mail.
Penny Gronbeck
email is fine.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And eventually, we'd like XP ;)
The Flaming One
I'm working on that. Move bad. XP good. You have enough for Spirit 4 anyway, you bum.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I know... just no teacher!
The Flaming One
Working on that, though.
Penny Gronbeck
I don't have enough for spirit 4....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'd like to think so...
The Flaming One
Sorry, penny. Better luck next time. :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Anyway, peace out!
Penny Gronbeck
night TJ.
The Flaming One
Even Death must die.
