Three Pillars: Second Chance
Session 18
The Enemy Within
The Flaming One
The stair is cold and narrow. It seems well used, but creaks due to its age.
The Flaming One
You slowly open the door at the top of the stair. Its opens easily; it too has seen often use.
The Flaming One
The air is much, much cooler up here. You can see the night breeze enter through an open window in this converted attic. But something more ethereal than the wind chills you.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to cautiously push through the door, using smell as much as sight.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to shift to Hispo once the door is open.
The Flaming One
The attic is not overly large, but larger than the bedrooms down stairs and tall enough to stand in. A few windows let the dark night sky shine through. It apperas that this room was used as an office.
Penny Gronbeck
that's a relief...maybe....
The Flaming One
From your wolfy vantage, you can see that this room has several boxes, most of which are empty and still unfolded. One box was constructed, but appears to have been opened recently.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to slowly move through the room, sniffing around and generally checking things out.
The Flaming One
Most the of the bookshelves are still full here. Texts, boxes and other things line them. There is a chest and a desk with a chair as well. Picture frame dot the walls; these too remain.
The Flaming One
The air smells of old age; both of the building and of its once inhabitants. But is smells strongly of old magic and corruption as well. It feels your senses and makes even the least sensitive uneasy. The is the dark heart of the house.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to search the room, looking around as a Hispo. Runs' hackles are raised.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to stay in glabro, and keep half an eye on the staircase leading up to us.
Jamey Minnis
'The taint is strong here.' growls Runs.
Jamey Minnis
Are there any other doors here?
The Flaming One
The pictures a little too high to see properly in that form, but you can see the rest of the room well enough. It appears the once constructed box was taped closed by re-opened with a knife.
The Flaming One
There are no other doors. This is the apex of the house. Smiles is smiling and humming a tune in the distance (*that* was the source of the damn sound!)
Jamey Minnis
I want to poke around under the desk and other furniture, that sort of thing. If I find nothing of interest, I want to poke into the openned box.
Penny Gronbeck
hey, that's not funny.... better than it being the sounds of evil, but not funny....
Jamey Minnis
I was really expecting Logan's stomach...
Penny Gronbeck
There would have been 'eh's attached...
The Flaming One
Demeter: As you are poking around, you take a look at the pictures. Old b/w photos. Its appears the person was well traveled--there are photos from all over the world, it seems. Remote places. You can't place them all, though.
Penny Gronbeck
I try.
Penny Gronbeck
I fail, I know, but I try.
The Flaming One
Runs: The room is sparse in furniture: only the desk chair, bookshelves, and desk. Something on top of the desk draws you, and you head over there.
Penny Gronbeck
are the photos like 'me and the wyrm at disneyland', 'me and the wyrm in tibet', 'me and the wyrm in minsk'?
Jamey Minnis
I'll put my front legs on the desk and look at it.
Jamey Minnis
After sniffing under it suspiciously.
The Flaming One
Demeter: Strange peoples fill the images---they look to be natives of the various places. One looks like a place your grandmother spoke of---a temple to Hades in Crete.
Penny Gronbeck
(we'll have Justin in a moment... he's upstairs now.)
Jamey Minnis
If only george were healthy...
Jamey Minnis
he could have taken point in here. ; >
The Flaming One
Runs: The top of the desk seems to have been disturbed recently as well. Papers have been scattered, and the drawers are ajar. But on thing draws you---you thought at first it might have been a tray, but now it looks like a strange skull.
Jamey Minnis
a skull that looks like a tray? could you describe it better?
The Flaming One
Demeter: Each of the photos is near some sort of edifice. Perhaps "my vacation with the wrym" was right?
The Flaming One
Runs: Hard to look at it w/o picking it up. From your vantage, its seems to be a skull--human, but a little deformed. Its smells... familiar?
Penny Gronbeck
wow, and here I was being a wiseass...
Jamey Minnis
I sniff at it some more, trying to make out the scent.
Penny Gronbeck
I sniff the photos.
The Flaming One
Demeter: They smell of dust and old film stock. The photos themselves are not evil.
The Flaming One
Runs: The skull seems familiar... strange, though... roll Int+Past Life (diff 7)
Jamey Minnis
hold on...
Jamey Minnis
2 successes.
Jamey Minnis
I had dice but had to dig for the sheet... ; >
The Flaming One
Dust and old age and the residues of magic lay like a lattice over the skull. But there is something more... a faint musk, a smell that resonates deep w/in you... in your distant memories....
Jamey Minnis
Justin!
Penny Gronbeck
it smells like Justin?
The Flaming One
Yup!
The Flaming One
Okay, no. Sorry.
Jamey Minnis
nah. but, maybe... it is a faint musk that resonates deeply w/in me.
Penny Gronbeck
eeeeew!
Jamey Minnis
Were you going to add to that, TJ?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Aw, jeez. You all want to do me...
Penny Gronbeck
you wish.
Jamey Minnis
yep. bend over...
The Flaming One
That's what you smell. You didn't say "I try to bring them to the surface." Or "I pick up the skull." Or "I smash my spleen against the well...."
Jamey Minnis
OK. I thought the ... meant more coming...
The Flaming One
No, sometimes it just means... that's all you have...
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to shift to Glabro and then pick up the skull to examine it more closely.
The Flaming One
The skull is at first cool, but get's warmer as you pick it up. It is a human skull, but slightly larger and misforemed. The jaw is more pronounced, more... feral?
The Flaming One
Runs: It almost feels like it is throbing slightly in your hands... or that something in you is reacting to being near it. You are getting a little dizzy...
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to sniff it and rub my hand along it, trying to get a better feel for it... I want to let the memories of the past flow forward to me.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Wait... he's WHAT!?!
Jamey Minnis
Does this skull smell of taint, or just of magic and age?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Oh yes, let's open myself up to this thing in the Wyrm's house...
The Flaming One
As you focus on the feelings, you think you catch of the eye sockets glowing a bit red before the darkness consumes you.....
Jamey Minnis
great...
Jamey Minnis
... roll up a new character now? ; >
The Flaming One
Not Runs: The dark woods of this twisted place surround you. Called here by the great Spirit of the Woods, you and your tribe have been gnashing your teeth trying to determine what you can do to help the Leeshy. So far, nothing has come to you.
Jamey Minnis
the Leeshy?
The Flaming One
Not Runs: The others you brought with you from the cold Ukrane are starting to get anxious. They do not like this inactivity.
Jamey Minnis
I try to concentrate on the Leeshy...
The Flaming One
Not Runs: YOu have decided to confront the Spirit. You have come to is grove, one of the places still untouched by the madness twisting this valley, to seek it out. You have brought the others with you.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Oh no...
The Flaming One
(PS--Everyone else is the others. You're all wolfies, but your from Ukrane and its a **long** time ago)
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] you know how long...
Jamey Minnis
[private]how long? should I know who/what the Leeshy is?
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] Its about 1400-1500 by white man's recogning. And you will now what the Leeshy is.. soon enough...
The Flaming One
[private to Matthew Hammer] You know how long, don't you? :)
Jamey Minnis
uh, you waiting for me?
The Flaming One
Not Runs: You crouch and try not to distrub the Leeshy's grove. Cursed be this foul place! Ahroun were not meant to sit and wait!
The Flaming One
(No, just takes a while to type, Jamey :)
Jamey Minnis
'k. no prob.
The Flaming One
As you step forth, the trees rustle and sigh all about you in the windless midday. Their shadows dapple the grove, deepening and lessening all around you. The sigh is disquieting. You can here the Leeshy's voice in the rustling.. "Yes......?"
Jamey Minnis
Leeshy - that's it.
The Flaming One
And that was your cue.
Jamey Minnis
'We have come to help you Leeshy. What can we do?'
The Flaming One
The trees sway, as if a bit agitated. "You were called to rid this place of the its taint. It is twisting the woods, killing the animals. Already the lower valley is a fetid swamp, cursed by the blackness at its heart. But instead, you attack caravans and skulk about the countryside!"
Jamey Minnis
Do I know what it is talking about?
The Flaming One
Not Runs: You remember that night--last night. The caravan...disturbed you. It reeked of the foulness of corruption. Not so much as the valley, perhaps... but its was a tangible enemy! Something you *could* fight!
Jamey Minnis
'The caravan was tainted. The ones in it corrupted by the Wyrm. We know not how to fight your valley - how does one save a land? We fought the taint where we could find it!'
The Flaming One
Horses, workers, damn Western nobles, one of their filthy priests, and an entourage of some sort of Moscovian queen... the caravan had them all. You killed many, but they were strong... and then the Leeshy called you off...
The Flaming One
Vines in the trees crawl about while the air whispers. "You are the defenders of life! Of the land! You speak with the spirits and walk their ways. Have you lost your ways?"
The Flaming One
(That's an insult if I ever heard one.... Rage roll, anyone?)
Jamey Minnis
'We defend the land. But how? We can fight the caravan!'
Jamey Minnis
(Runs' rage?)
The Flaming One
(Yup)
Jamey Minnis
1789 - two successes, most likely
The Flaming One
The anger flows in your blood. It is your right, your honor to be a warrior! But you hold back, somehow. This... spirit is too separated from this world to see the difficulties you face. How do you fight corruption in the air?
Jamey Minnis
'How does one fight the air? The water? That is where the taint lies. I am a warrior. My people are the warriors of Gaia. We fight what we can! They bore the taint...'
The Flaming One
The trees calm for a moment, an almost melancholy moment. "The darkness consumes me, poisons my roots, shatters my branches, and scorches my leaves. You must seek the source... the swamp. Its must be there..."
The Flaming One
Not Runs: Swamp. Unnatural. Unclean. All the life there is dead. It is not a place for you...
Jamey Minnis
'What is the source of this taint? This is no place for a Garou. There is no life there.'
Jamey Minnis
'You would have us stalk the wind and the water there?'
The Flaming One
The trees lay still for a moment. Then, a shape of earth and twig errupts. Its appears to be an object with four faces. It is an odd sculture of land.
The Flaming One
The rustle begins again. "Seek this. It is the source of life in this valley. I suspect it is now the source of death... An old, ancient, holy place. Now desecrated, I fear."
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs leans down to look at it more closely.
The Flaming One
It appears to be shape familiar to you from your home land. And ancient monument, save the real one is probably in stone. A symbol to the old gods worshiped by some of your kin-folk. Holy places---caerns---are often marked by such.
Jamey Minnis
'We seek this caern, then? What will we find there?'
Jamey Minnis
'What was it before?'
The Flaming One
Rustles. "The ones before the dark thing came to the village worshiped it. Now... I cannot feel it anymore. The taint is too strong. But it is in the same place, so I fear. I fear it has been corrupted. Go, seek it. Your answers may be there..."
Jamey Minnis
'We will seek it out.'
The Flaming One
The trees return to stillness, and you feel the life has left the valley. The Leeshy has left.
The Flaming One
You seek it out?
Jamey Minnis
yes.
The Flaming One
The memories continue. Searching that hellish place. A corpse of white bones sticking into the sky, except the corpse is a black murk and the bones are dead trees. Filth and corruption filling your senses, taunting you.
The Flaming One
Your Theurge clamined that a great manevolence lurked in that taint, somewhere, but something masked them from you. The Leeshy's statue was not to be found. The search was fruitless.
The Flaming One
Anger and impotence raged in your breast. The carvan! You know where they went--the village. The village of the dark thing; a creature of foul humors that the Leeshy said ruled the town. "It is not the enemy, only a symptom," it had said. But now the thing in the caravan was there!
The Flaming One
You knew what you had to do. YOu attacked the village.
The Flaming One
Pain. Fire. Death. They met you on the dark day. How could simple villagers beat back the choosen of Gaia!?! Dark, foul magic!
The Flaming One
A fiendish Western Knight called down unholy fire that burned Talkosh to a cinder.
The Flaming One
Another used foul potions and powders that confused, burned and inflamed!
Jamey Minnis
Poor Talkosh.
Jamey Minnis
Grrrrrr...
The Flaming One
But the worse were the hedious creations at the castle. Misformed, pale men who could somehow... merge... it was a hideous foe, three men high with more heads and limbs than your darkest nightmares.
The Flaming One
The night you returned, only six of you survived.
The Flaming One
Humiliated, angry, you licked your wounds. You felt the taint gathering, a pressure always constant in your skull. Perhaps it was effecting you know. That is why you lost---the corruption is tainting your connection to Gaia!
The Flaming One
Then, the corruption came to you.
The Flaming One
You felt her before you saw her. An abomination. This was the stench that filled the carvan. Stronger than anything beside the raw evil of the valley. It came straight to you.
The Flaming One
Damn that Leeshy! In its grove, you could not fight. Honor and glory would be stripped of you and you would be nothing. So you could do nothing but wait.
The Flaming One
The creature was more beautiful than the sun, flawlessly white in the afternoon sun. She wore the pelts of the white tiger of the north, and carriered herself like one. Those features were too perfect. The gaze to knowing. She was... tainted.
The Flaming One
She called out to your group, "wanting only to speak." Honey with poison. You were the leader. Reluctantly, you stepped out in the clearing. Your rage almost dripped off your every motion.
The Flaming One
Woman: "Ah, Beast. I knew I would find you. I come to seek... arrangements."
Jamey Minnis
'What sort of arrangement?'
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs wrinkles his nose.
The Flaming One
Woman: "There is a great darkness in this valley. I know you can feel it. It touches everything. It creates the swamp and spoils the village." She stares at you with her dark eyes. "We share a common enemy. I seek an allaiance."
Jamey Minnis
''What enemy do you seek?'
The Flaming One
Woman: "The Twister. Have you not felt it?" She reaches her arms to the side, caressing the air. Its is very... erotic. Sickening. "Its tendrils reach even here." She looks at some of the blight showing in the trees. "It sickens the land which you defend. Drives you to madness. Do you not wish to fight?"
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs narrows his eyes, looking at her suspiciously.
The Flaming One
Woman looks at you coyly. "Come now. We should not fight. It would be... unfortunate for both of us. I seek to end this corruption. Do you not wish the same?"
The Flaming One
Not Runs?
Jamey Minnis
sorry.
Jamey Minnis
just got yours
Jamey Minnis
'I know not of the enemy.'
Jamey Minnis
'What do you seek, woman?' (woman said in a disdainful tone)
The Flaming One
She looks at you, studying you. Just the glance makes you feel... violated. "The Twister seeks to enter this valley. It comes soon. In the heart of the swamp its is home. There it can be... clamined. You do wish to destroy it, Beast?"
Jamey Minnis
'The Twister?'
Jamey Minnis
'I know not of your Twister.'
The Flaming One
The woman gets a glazed look in her eyes as she starts to speak. There is a look of hunger... and lust. "Oh, yes. A dark god of chaos and madness. It seeks this place." She looks at you again with her strange gaze. "It grips your heart even now. Do you not feel the madness in your breast? The anger and chaos that drives you to distraction?"
Jamey Minnis
'A God of Chaos?'
Jamey Minnis
'What is this Twister? Why have you come to me for help?'
The Flaming One
The woman looks angry. "Beast, you are beginning to tire me. You are the great warriors, defenders f the land? I seek to lead you to battle against this... creature and all I get is senselessness!" Huff. "Shall we ally or are you a fool and a Beast besides?"
Jamey Minnis
'Grrrrr...'
Jamey Minnis
'Why should I allow?'
Jamey Minnis
ally
Jamey Minnis
'I will help you, but you must tell me more of the Twister.'
The Flaming One
Woman. "Because, fool, if you do not, it shall destroy you. If you cannot protect yourself against peasants, you cannot stand before it."
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs narrows his eyes.
The Flaming One
(Anger. Sickness. This woman is all but calling you out. The rage boils. Nearby, you can hear your tribe rumble in anger as you even thing about allying with this ... thing.. Rage roll, baby).
Jamey Minnis
3379 - two successes.
The Flaming One
You maintain a tenuous hold...
Jamey Minnis
'Why do you play this game? Do you want to anger me? Do you want to kill it?'
The Flaming One
Woman: "I sicken of this. You are no warrior. Await your fate in this last haven. It will come for you."
The Flaming One
She turns, beginning to leave.
Jamey Minnis
'You are no warriror, either. What help do you propose?'
The Flaming One
She turns to you. "We fight together. I can make you... stronger than you are now. We will destroy this evil together. Yes, together." The light in her eyes is on the verge of madness.
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs looks to be almost sick...
Jamey Minnis
'How will you make us stronger?'
The Flaming One
There is a low growl from around you. The natives do not seem to be agreeable...
The Flaming One
The woman easily cuts herself with a sharp fingernail, her crimson blood in sharp contrast to her skin. "It flows in all of us. Rules us all. It can shape us too, Beast."
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs Growls.
Penny Gronbeck
we've got Teddy.
Jamey Minnis
'You would have us corrupt ourselves to kill the corruption.'
The Flaming One
As she moves her hands, you can see her form melt like wax beneat her fingers. Fur, claws, and skin are molded in rapid succession. "Come, join me. It is not corruption! It is freedom!"
Jamey Minnis
'This creature is one of taint.'
Jamey Minnis
'Kill her!'
Jamey Minnis
Not Runs will shift to Crinos.
The Flaming One
The anger finally overcomes. Damn that Leeshy!
Jamey Minnis
yeah.
Jamey Minnis
Burn it!
The Flaming One
Out of the bushes, your friendlys leap. But the bitch is slippery. Her magic already in her hands, you can see her form melt and shift into a great white tiger.
Jamey Minnis
; >
The Flaming One
The chase is exhausting. But in the end, fruitless. Again, defeat. Again, loss.
The Flaming One
The Leeshy refuses to speak to you; the grove is cold and lifeless to you. Your companions are suspicious of you, he who even considered a bargin with the agent of the wyrm. Anger and madness drive you.
The Flaming One
Desperate, you force another attack on the swamp. This time, you find your way to the dark heart. The great stone statue is shattered, oozing foul corruption across the land. The creatures that merge guard it, as did a foul nexus crawler. Perhaps it and the woman were the same creature, you tell yourself as you call for the fight.
The Flaming One
It was hopeless. You knew it even then. But better to die fighting then to be claimed cold int he dark....
The Flaming One
And darkness returns...
The Flaming One
Segue. :)
The Tainted Past
The Flaming One
Done and done. France it is then.
Dina O'Shire
i'm ready!
Matthew Hammer
go
The Flaming One
Guns. Lots of them. Pointed at your face. And elsewhere. I suggest you put your weapon down.
Dina O'Shire
<actually, her weapon wasn't out- she just got done climbing out of the hole... it's tucked in the back of her jeans>
Jamey Minnis
nah, this is a Teddy woman character...
The Flaming One
The French officers yells something to you in French. ANother tells you to keep your hand up. Two of them come towards you, pistol's leading.
Dina O'Shire
<and define 'lots'- we talking 5 or so, or like 20? and are these professionals (like gendarme) or just police?>
The Flaming One
Police, and about 10.
The Flaming One
And they all have the jump on you.
Dina O'Shire
<dina stands stock still next to george... tj: are they surrounding me or in front of me?>
The Flaming One
Sara: You are already handcuffed, and one of them has the books. Dina is a bitch.
The Flaming One
Dina: All around.
Matthew Hammer
<Well duh>
Dina O'Shire
<in that case, dina will 'channel' crysania and light herself on fire...>
Dina O'Shire
<forces 2 and life 3- so sshe starts to burn>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
she was serious... sweet jesus...
The Flaming One
Okay... so, we are going to burst into flames in front of lots of witnesses... your a dead woman.
Matthew Hammer
<Shit man, I was kidding>
The Flaming One
That would be Arete vs. 8.
Matthew Hammer
,Last time I make suggestions to you>
Dina O'Shire
<here's the plan- slowly start to catch herself on fire and start screaming about how the place is cursed and this is what is happenning to everbody>
Dina O'Shire
<shit- no successes...>
The Flaming One
Don't tell Teddy to be suicidal. He'll do it every time. (He Teddy, kill your friends the Red Dragon and Horatio and Faustus...)
The Flaming One
Botch? Please, please!
Dina O'Shire
<she still curses and babbles and acts like a madwoman... sorry tj, no botch two 6's and a 5>
The Flaming One
The officers get to you and start frisking. They generly remove the gun and any other obvious implements of destruction.
Dina O'Shire
WHA is all this now!?! ye're blimey loopers ta' be round 'ere! tha 'ole place is gonna go up!
The Flaming One
K.
Dina O'Shire
<everything else is in her backpack and knapsack- which i assume they take, yes?>
The Flaming One
Place blows up (no it doesn't).
The Flaming One
Yes, they do.
The Flaming One
Unless you do anything interesting, you are going to jail.
Matthew Hammer
<Blow the place up!>
Dina O'Shire
<she continues to feign insanity... i said FEIGN!>
Dina O'Shire
<she'll do something in the car if she has the opportunity...>
The Flaming One
<Sure... feign...>
The Flaming One
The cops through the two of you in the back of the same car.
The Flaming One
Its is small and smelly.
The Flaming One
Dina: What is your brilliant plan this time?
Dina O'Shire
<heh dumbasses... how many in the front? and any in the back with us?>
The Flaming One
None in the back. Two in front.
The Flaming One
There is one of those grille things between you two.
Dina O'Shire
<brillant plan? catch the gas tank on fire or short the battery and turn the cuffs to sugar or something...>
The Flaming One
And how, Miss my hands are handcuffed so its hard to wave my wand sort of thing...?
Dina O'Shire
<and did they take george into custody too?>
The Flaming One
Just you two.
Dina O'Shire
<oh yeah... and plus they took her stuff anyways... hmmmmm... she still has her blood though, right?>
The Flaming One
Dina: Last time I checked.... but its gonig to be difficult to cut yourself...
Dina O'Shire
<can life 3 make her hands grow smaller and slip the cuffs?>
Dina O'Shire
<difficult to cut herself on cuffs!?! what, are they furry or something? ;) >
The Flaming One
Yes, life 3 can do that... must have been a bad fit... diff 6.
Dina O'Shire
<dina begins to pray softly under her breath... 6, 8, 0 >
The Flaming One
Sara: Dina is trying to commit suicide w/ her cuffs... she's slicing her wrists open.
The Flaming One
Dina: The slice is nice and jagged. It trickles warmly into your palms and you can feel them change. Soon the cufts loosen.
Matthew Hammer
I think I decide not to notice just yet.
Dina O'Shire
<she will slip surreptitiously out of them and lean over to sara...> aye... ye've got a pencil er piece 'o' wood er sumfing?
The Flaming One
The car is getting close to the station. You can see a group of reporters is gathering. Not a lot, as this is a small town, but a crowd never the less.
Matthew Hammer
Are the police noticing us?
Dina O'Shire
<goooooood... dina will then pretend to stay in her cuffs and make a break for the crowd when the cops taske her out...>
The Flaming One
Not yet. The car slows as not to kill the pedestrians. A crowd is looking in as you drive by.
Dina O'Shire
<dina keeps her head turned away and hung low...>
Matthew Hammer
Sara slips a pencil out of her pocket and onto the seat.
Dina O'Shire
aye... purrrrrfect... <dina grabs it tightly in her bloody hands... tj- will this suffice as a 'wand of wood'?>
The Flaming One
The car drives up to the station, the crowd being kept back. The guards from other police car start walking over (yes, its is wood (phew, no justin to comment))
Dina O'Shire
<do the guards have their guns out?>
Penny Gronbeck
Justin's still having computer problems.
The Flaming One
Some of them do. You wonder why.
Dina O'Shire
ooc- not wood problems?
Penny Gronbeck
ooc: if he's having wood problems, I don't want to know.
The Flaming One
The door is opened. One guard is aiming while the other drags you out.
Dina O'Shire
<with a wave of her wand and a few words to invoke the forces of movement, dina would like to attempt to unlock and open the door>
Dina O'Shire
<or not>
The Flaming One
(snooze and stuff...)
Matthew Hammer
Zzzzzzzz
Dina O'Shire
<slumps back against the car, pencil held tightly in her hand and drops to the ground... hoping the one guard will have to heft her and get in the way of the guy with the gun...>
The Flaming One
The guard grunts and tries to get you out. Meanwhile, Sara is already out (unless you're struggling)
Matthew Hammer
No.
Dina O'Shire
<with a flash of speed, dina will attempt to stab the guard grabbing her with her pencil...>
Dina O'Shire
<wand-schmand...>
The Flaming One
Dex+Brawl, diff 5 for surprise.
Dina O'Shire
<4 successes... 0's are rerolled, yes? otherwise it's only 3>
The Flaming One
No, you have no specialties.
Dina O'Shire
<3 it is then>
Dina O'Shire
<can she specialise in pencil?>
The Flaming One
With a sudden flash, you jab the pencil in the officers gut. Roll Str+3 damage (no, you can't specialize!)
Dina O'Shire
<2 levels... diff 6, right?>
The Flaming One
Yes. The stab was solid, but the pencil must have been weak, because it snaps with the force of your blow. The guard grunts, but is unhurt. Pissed, it rams your head against the grille. Soak a level of bashing damage.
Dina O'Shire
<coulda soaked two even! 7,10>
Dina O'Shire
<and whattadaya mean 'IT'!!!???!!!>
The Flaming One
The guard manhandles you out of the car.
The Flaming One
It..he... all the same, right? :)
Matthew Hammer
(That's what I was wondering . . .)
The Flaming One
Noticing your cuffs look loose, they tighten them. Seeing your bloody hands, one mutters something in French that the other laughs at.
Dina O'Shire
<she'd like to attempt to push 'it' (now you got me scared tj! damn you!) into the other guard, the one woth the gun, by bracing herself against the car and pushing!>
The Flaming One
You attempt to push--Dex+Athletics diff 6
Dina O'Shire
<hmmmmm...1 success... guess she's going to jail, eh? no sense fightin' it... >
Dina O'Shire
<after her push, she just slumps back down to the ground and goes quietly...>
The Flaming One
Eventually, you are thrown into cells. Dina's is dark, cold, and wet. It has rats.
Dina O'Shire
<mmmmm... rats...>
The Flaming One
Sara's is dim, cools, and moist. The mattress seems to have been recently changed, though.
Matthew Hammer
<So much for the famed Irish Terrorist>
Dina O'Shire
<if only she had life 5... giant rat army!!!!>
Dina O'Shire
<any stones or pebbles lying around her cell? and can she make giant rats with life 3?>
The Flaming One
Stone, yes. Giant rats, not quite.
Dina O'Shire
<well, she'll pocket the stone anyways... may need matter at some point... is she still cuffed?>
The Flaming One
Not in the cell. If you aren't doing something, time will pass...
The Flaming One
tick
Dina O'Shire
<any guards outsde the cell?>
The Flaming One
tick
Matthew Hammer
tock
The Flaming One
tick
Matthew Hammer
tock
The Flaming One
(Monika again)
The Flaming One
yes, guard outside of Dina's cell. Not Sara's.
Dina O'Shire
<howdy monika!>
Dina O'Shire
<imagine that... guess time passes then...>
The Flaming One
After a while, more guards come to you. You are brought into a room with two large tables with cloth drapped over them. You are handcuffed to bolted chairs and left a lone for a moment.
The Flaming One
You are both in prison garb by now, after going through the "search."
Dina O'Shire
<both of us, or just dina?>
Matthew Hammer
Which you?
The Flaming One
The english plural you.
Penny Gronbeck
all y'all.
Dina O'Shire
oh, y'all...
Matthew Hammer
gotcha
Dina O'Shire
heh- penny knows!
The Flaming One
Gonna talk to each other a bit, or wait for the guards?
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, but I actually think about the linguistics of the game....
Dina O'Shire
<dina whispers to sara> wha' tha 'ell do ye think is goin' on 'ere!?!
Matthew Hammer
<Sara whispers back> "Why don't you tell me?"
Dina O'Shire
<a bit harshly> on'na cause o' me not knowing!
Dina O'Shire
i jus' figure they be blamin' lil ol' us as to all tha blowing up at tha site!
Dina O'Shire
bloody bastards!!! <dina hollers at the closed door> COM'MON IN 'ERE AN' FIGHT LIKEN TA' MEN, YE WEE STEMLESS FROGGIES!!!
Matthew Hammer
<The corners of Sara's mouth turn down. She remains silent>
Dina O'Shire
<dina begins fretting about in her chair, making noise and hollering for justice...>
The Flaming One
After a moment, a "froggie" in a suit with a couple of guards come in. He looks at both of for a bit. "Good evening, madams. I hope the accomodations are to you liking."
Dina O'Shire
FECK YE!
Dina O'Shire
<she spits on the ground> what're we in 'ere fer?
The Flaming One
The suit rubs his hands. "Well, then. it seems we had quite a stir at the Church."
The Flaming One
He brings out a folder. He opens it, and throws the contents at the table in front of you.
Dina O'Shire
aye, ye're preachin' ta tha feckin' choir, altar-boy... we was a-'elpin' out all them peeps at tha site!
Dina O'Shire
an'na this is tha THANKS ye give us!?! PAH!
The Flaming One
Suit: "Were you now? Hmm.. did you help this?" Shows you a picture of dead William.
The Flaming One
Suit: "Or this?" Dead Kittemer.
The Flaming One
Suit: "Or this?" Dead Mother Superior.
The Flaming One
Suit. "Or what about this?" Twisted metal wreckage, some of it crushing an unidentified person.
Dina O'Shire
<dina looks solemnly at the grotesque pictures... her features drop a bit... and she becomes sullen and silent...>
The Flaming One
Suit: "Why don't you tell me what happen, nes pa?"
Matthew Hammer
"You think we caused the explosion?"
The Flaming One
The suit grabs a chair on the other side of the table. "YOu tell me."
Dina O'Shire
<dina continues to stare at the pictures...>
The Flaming One
The suit looks at Sara. "You have anything to say?"
Matthew Hammer
"I didn't cause the explosion. Though you might want to ask Mr. Syzminski about it, he was perdicting it early this morning."
The Flaming One
"Mr. Syzminski? Who is this?"
Matthew Hammer
He was a Polish librarian, who showed up at the dig a week ago, claiming to have some information. He disappeared right before the digging started this morning.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And we're back.
Matthew Hammer
I was trying to find him when the dig started and the explosion happened."
The Flaming One
The suit shakes his. "Interesting. We'll look into that. But what interestes me is what you found when we searched your quarters."
Penny Gronbeck
lesbian sex pics?
The Flaming One
The suit makes a motion. One of the table's is uncovered. Underneath are books, notes and other implements. "Nothing strange here, except for detaile dinformation on the plans of the church. Not very interesting by themselves. But..."
The Flaming One
Sara: That is your stuff.
Matthew Hammer
<did I have detailed information on the chuch?>
The Flaming One
The suit motions again to the other table. Underneath... Dina, what all toys did you have (emphasis on the *past* tense)? Describe for Sara (in brief).
The Flaming One
Sara: You had a bit of the plans from what Kittemer showed you... to get an idea of where the "crypt" mentioned might be.
Matthew Hammer
<okay. Dina?>
Dina O'Shire
<well, in her back pack was a broken down ak47, 4 clips of normal ammo, 1 of phosphorous, the skeletons other arm, >>>
The Flaming One
Don't forget the stuff in the tent...
Matthew Hammer
<Sara's eyes widen.>
Dina O'Shire
<a few grenades, a bulletproof vest, a couple kinvies>>>
Dina O'Shire
<and yes, in the tent... bunch of blasting caps, wires, fuses, and enough c4 to blow up the church 5 times over...> heh
Dina O'Shire
<oh, and her journal, and picture books, and stolen wallets, and hmmm... i'm sure theres more...>
Matthew Hammer
<Sara looks over at Dina in disbelief>
Dina O'Shire
<dina continues to hang her head and look sad...>
The Flaming One
Suit. "Quite an interesting collection for a nurse. Combine these with plans for the Church... well, you two are smart enough to do the math. Do you have anything to add?"
Dina O'Shire
<dina pokes her head up> look... i's nah wha' ye be thinking!
Dina O'Shire
all tha explosives an' such? aye, well... i was jus' stealin' it from tha site... okay, ye got me...
Matthew Hammer
"I didn't know about any of this. ""But in light of this . . . The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations requires you to allow me to speak to the leagal counsil at the American Embassy"
Dina O'Shire
tha' stuff can fetch a pretty penny on tha market, ye know an' i 'ad ta find a way ta pay me school bills... nursin' expensive, it is...
The Flaming One
The suit raises his eyebrow. "Smart you air. Unfortunately, teh nearest embassy would be in Avignon, a good 3 hour drive from here. So you'll have to wait until someone can be sent. Maybe early next week."
The Flaming One
Suit. "As for you, Ms. Nurse. As soon as we get your run through the computers in Avignon, we'll speak to you more. For now, why don't you think on what you have learned today." With that the guards start leading you off again.
Dina O'Shire
<dina gets lead out...>
The Flaming One
Sara?
Matthew Hammer
I assumed Sara was led out too. Of do you expect me to take down the guards and break us out of here?
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: oops! that's MY job, isn't it?>
The Flaming One
Nopes, just wondering if yo uhad any last comments to yell out....
The Flaming One
Well, that would be shadows of things to come. Speaking of shadows, shall we move over to Portland for a bit?
Darkness and Light
Matthew Hammer
No, no. She's still going along. She didn't kill anyone.
Dina O'Shire
yeah, neither did dina!
Matthew Hammer
Um . . .
The Flaming One
And that dead girl with the bullet in her brain?
Matthew Hammer
Fogot about her?
Dina O'Shire
she has no idea how that got there...
Penny Gronbeck
great... crazy, and with short term memory loss.
Dina O'Shire
suicide, i think...
The Flaming One
Strange, the bullet matches...
Penny Gronbeck
that's a pretty bad case of suicide, what, 5 shots to the head?
Matthew Hammer
Oh yeah, I forgot about that . . .
Dina O'Shire
8 actually... unloaded the full clip...
Penny Gronbeck
that's the worst case of suicide I've ever seen.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, man...
Dina O'Shire
when you gotta go.... heh...
The Flaming One
Must have really hated herself.. anyway, Portland. Justin probably wants to fuck things up...even more...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
There was a member of AIM who killed himself by taking a clip of M16 ammo to the back...
The Flaming One
*sigh* :)
The Flaming One
K., Lets mess up the world, shall we?
Penny Gronbeck
hey, TJ, what day is it for us?
Jamey Minnis
Oz!
The Flaming One
Err... Not weds.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, I figured that much out on my own.
The Flaming One
Date, or day? Unfortunately, I haven't been keep great track...
Penny Gronbeck
day.
The Flaming One
Hmmm... I think its a Friday or Monday.
The Flaming One
Why?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Whatever. I want to break something.
Penny Gronbeck
just curious.
The Flaming One
Well, here we go...
The Flaming One
Ivy: Then there was the light, brighter than anything you have seen, darker than the darkness at midnight. The bubble pulsed around the platform, and then the screaming madness came crashing down.
Penny Gronbeck
and cause X-men will come out next week. :)
Penny Gronbeck
can I dodge?
The Flaming One
(You hope)
The Flaming One
Ivy: You try to dodge, leaping to the floor, through stunned guards. You watch as their flesh just.. seizes to be. The living ones just bleed into nothingness. The Dead, however...
Penny Gronbeck
4 successes to dodge, at dif 7.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh good. Utopia.
The Flaming One
Damon: The singing in your ears turns into a cacphony. The shockwave pulses over you. You feel none of it.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon smiles and lets the beauty come in.
The Flaming One
Both: The dead all around you become bare--their flesh husks stripped away, they return to their emphemera. But they have the look of true fear in their eyes. They do not care for what is happening.
The Flaming One
The world has turned into a strange black and white land, where everything seems rotting and withering away. Darkness and chaos spin around you, a maelstrom of nether matter. In the sticky, sickening storm, you can hear the screams of banshee.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Can I do much of anything?
The Flaming One
Ivy: You manage somehow to cling onto your sanity. The Dead guards near you have lost all attention of you. They seem to be panicking, trying to hide from something.
The Flaming One
Damon: What do you want to attempt?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Let's get this mess under control. That's a nihil, right?
The Flaming One
Ivy: Though it is hard to see, you can still see a dark pulsing coming from near the platform.
Penny Gronbeck
am I unimpeded enough to head over there?
The Flaming One
Damon: it hard to see through the muck, but it might be. You heard it has been pretty messy on this side, though, so it *could* be normal.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You can try, but this is an entirely alien experience to you. YOu feel disjointed from yourself.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Well, I'm gonna check with Entropy and Spirit...
The Flaming One
Damon: Diff 4.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
2 successes
Penny Gronbeck
[private]can I roll meditation first to calm down?
Jamey Minnis
only 2 successes? ; >
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] You think that is a *great* idea. Diff 8 (its intense)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Silence, peon!
Penny Gronbeck
[private]med + ?
Jamey Minnis
heh.
The Flaming One
The sheer magnitude of it all overwhelms you. You need to focus your senses before you can make head or tails of anything...
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] Int
Penny Gronbeck
[private]I got a ten.
Penny Gronbeck
[private]so, one success.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Hmm. Can I sense Sebastian or Precario?
The Flaming One
Damon: YOu have a sort of double vision---you can see each of the "worlds" overlapping each other. Parts seem to "phase" in or out at various times. But spirits of the dead are all about---everything is covered in it. It would be almost impossible to distinguish one or the other.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And the Dead fear something? Well... can Damon use Spirit and Prime to make himself glow in the spirit world? I want to attract attention.
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] You steady your nerves a little, but it is unsettling.
The Flaming One
Damon: You can indeed.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Dff?
The Flaming One
6
Penny Gronbeck
I try to think what Wolverine would do, and start towards it.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
1 success... this sucks...
The Flaming One
Ivy: WWWD, eh? You start fighting though the muck and filth. You notice the "rain" seems to be parts of broken things.. toys, food, waste of the world.
Penny Gronbeck
weird.... I'd like to move faster.
The Flaming One
Damon: The box feels leaden in your hand. YOu hardly make a candle light of a difference. As you work the box, you can feel the force of the storm moving... towards the area near the platform.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Then that is where I shall meet it.
The Flaming One
Ivy: As you move closer, the sense of disjointness increases. YOu feel a little dizzy, but you continue.
Penny Gronbeck
I'll lower my center of gravity, and keep going.
The Flaming One
Damon: You start heading down the platform, avoiding the falling debris. The screams of the dead are all around. Some are jubilent (Freedom! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!) while others quake (THEY COME! They ride the storm! Run!) You cannot talk to one for any long period of time before they run away.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I would like to Summon Sebastain and Precario. Give them a beacon to home in on.
The Flaming One
Damon: You also feel a strange emptiness inside---the hole inside of you feels like it has grown... like it is almost a leaving thing. You swear it is almost wrapping around you.
The Flaming One
Damon: Spirit, diff 6.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to regenerate.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
4 successes. Heh.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Its difficult here, but it is coming... make the roll (diff 6).
Penny Gronbeck
4 successes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Can I get some willpower for crushing my foes and remaking the world...?
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Yes, you freak. Up to full.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks around. "It is good."
The Flaming One
Damon: You feel something pulling you as you call out to Sebastian... he is near. As you focus, there is a tear.. a painful wrenching as something is forced outsideof you like black mucus. Stunned, you watch as it forms into... Sebastian?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon clutches at his gut. "I'm pregnant with poltergeists..."
The Flaming One
Ivy: YOu struggle towards the platform. As you get nearer, your dizziness grows. Looking down, you notice that you seem to be getting a bit transparent....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sebastian. Good to see you, old friend. Stay close."
Penny Gronbeck
oh, that can't be good.... how's the spidey sense?
The Flaming One
Sebastian looks at you. "Close? Close? Do you realize what madness you have started? What the fuck have you done?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I don't think I grasp it entirely, no. But this is definitely different."
The Flaming One
Ivy: Its been going off since you entered this room, its still going on. Its almost louder than the screams of the dead caught in the vortex of the storm spiralling down toward the platform.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Care to explain?"
Penny Gronbeck
so is it getting worse as I get closer to this thing, or what?
Penny Gronbeck
and where's Damon?
The Flaming One
Sebastian seems angry. He points at the storm. "That fucking maelstrom is going to bring the damned to us! And when they get here, they are going to kill every one of us... and now, they can get to the other side. You opened the *fucking* door!"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Well, then
The Flaming One
Ivy: Its getting worse, but hard to tell if it is just being here that is going it..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
iI shall shut it."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon begins to work the box, focusing his will on the task
The Flaming One
Sebastian smiles a cold smile. "Oh, no, I don't think so. You know why. I *like* it this way."
Penny Gronbeck
can I tell where Damon or Sam are?
The Flaming One
Ivy: You think you can see Damon up on the catwalk, halfway down.. Sam... is no where to be seen.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to get out of this. Being transparent is bad.
The Flaming One
Sebastian makes a grab for you Damon... if you try to dodge, its a diff 8 as you absorbed in your work...
The Flaming One
Ivy: Where?
The Flaming One
Ivy: How?
Penny Gronbeck
am I lost?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Can I instead countermagick him?
The Flaming One
Countermagicking works on effects. This is effectively his home territory, so that wouldn't work (can you countermagick a punch?)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
With Life perhaps. Regardless, 2 successes on the dodge. I'm protecting the box.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not letting him take it from me.
The Flaming One
Ivy: No, but you are not sure exactly how far this *mess* extends. The storm near the box is bucking. YOu can see the machinery, barely. It is still doing *something*...
Penny Gronbeck
wait, what box?
The Flaming One
Damon: YOu barely manage to escape the grabs of the mad Wraith.
The Flaming One
Ivy: The machinery on the platform that was attached to the bodies.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I would like to attempt a reversal of the Spirit 3 effect, Awaken the Inanimate. I want to put Sebastian to sleep.
Penny Gronbeck
oh, fuck... well, Wolverine would go forward... I'd like to zap the box.
Matthew Hammer
[private]I gotta leave.
The Flaming One
Sebastian: "Don't close that door Damon. It is everything you have been *dreaming* of. I know! I know all about your dreams!" He lunges at you as you try the effect (roll diff 7 [concentration is difficult])
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Bye, Matt!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
2 successes
The Flaming One
Lightening bolt?
Penny Gronbeck
zap as in disable, not zap as in hit with lightning so Frankenstien's monster can get up.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Talk about my dreams again, wraith, and I'll send you back to
Justin Robinson-Prickett
hell!"
Penny Gronbeck
uh... not really sure what else I can use... (Penny is bad at science.)
The Flaming One
Ivy: You don't have super finnese with those things, you probalby can't disable from this distance... You are not even sure *how* they work.
The Flaming One
Matt says goodnight.
Penny Gronbeck
lightning works for me.
The Flaming One
Sebastian is buffered a little back. He seems a little dazed. "You *bastard!* Fine. Fuck this!" His form begins to moliate, shifting...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Speaking of dreams... here's your nightmare."
The Flaming One
Ivy: Diff 7.
Penny Gronbeck
2.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon would like to use Spirit to turn Sebastian into a cute and fuzzy bunny.
The Flaming One
Ivy: The lightning is sickly and barely makes the dstance. It weakens you considerable, but you think you have taken out one of the devices. Unfortunately, this seems to make the storm even *more* unstable.
The Flaming One
Damon: That would be difficult: a Spirit 4 effect (akin to its Life 4 couterpart).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ah well... let's just put him to sleep then.
The Flaming One
Sebastian finishes is "transformation." It is a large, black spider. *The* large, black spider. The shadow of your nightmares....
Penny Gronbeck
shitty...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Well then... fuck control.
The Flaming One
Ivy: YOu are getting dizzier. As you try to concentrate, you notice someone is laughing at you.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon screams, spends all his Quintessesnce, a point of Willpower to kill this thing NOW.
The Flaming One
You do that...
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to calm down again, and if I can, see who's laughing.
The Flaming One
Diff 5, Damon (Spirit 3, correct?)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Uh huh.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Spending the Quintessesnce drops the diff to -1.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You look around. It is difficult to see. A woman/girl? it seems. Athletic build.
The Flaming One
Damon: Took that into account.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
5 successes
Penny Gronbeck
[private]can I make the meditation roll again?
The Flaming One
Girl: "That is really pathetic. Storm would be disgusted. Maybe you should have the 'Loser girl' comic after you."
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] Same roll.
Penny Gronbeck
[private]dif?
The Flaming One
You twist into the form of the thing that was once your friend...
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] 7
Penny Gronbeck
2.
Penny Gronbeck
"Are you helping?"
The Flaming One
Damon: Roll 8 dice of damage as you try to destroy this fiend.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
4 successes
The Flaming One
Girl: "Help, you? Why? You're the one that got me into this mess. Always fooling that stick of a boyfriend." She get's all stiff. "Yes Damon. Sure Damon. Do the spirit thing Damon. Do you know how *utter* useless you are?"
Penny Gronbeck
can I see her yet?
The Flaming One
Ivy: If you get a little closer, probably.
Penny Gronbeck
I get closer.
Penny Gronbeck
"So what's your comic, Mean Girl? Critic Without a Better Plan?"
The Flaming One
Damon: The creature gurgles in pain, but manages to keep its form. Meanwhile, it seems to be attacking the catwalk you are standing on... trying to bring it down... The metal begins to shake and warp (Make a Dex+Athletics roll to keep your balance, diff 6)
Penny Gronbeck
"Low Self-Esteem Girl?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
1 success
The Flaming One
Ivy: You get close enough.. and it is you. An twisted, angry you.
Penny Gronbeck
same bulletholes?
The Flaming One
Damon: You stumble to your knees, grabbing the railing with a fee hand. You barely hold on to the box.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Exactly.
Penny Gronbeck
How transparent am I/is she?
The Flaming One
Girl: "YOu can't even begin to understand this! You know... I bet Damon would love us even more if we were *dead*! What do you think!" She gets an evil grin on her face.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You are fading, but not half-way gone yet. She's about the same.
The Flaming One
Ivy: YOu can hear some sort of sputtering from the machinery behind you.
Penny Gronbeck
"And you know what's going on?"
The Flaming One
Damon: YOu can see sparks coming from somewhere down near the platform. The storm is beginning to form faces inside of it.
The Flaming One
Girl: "Oh, yes. Your dear boyfriend is going to kill the both of us... so we can be eternally happy." She imitates a fake vommitting scene.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon backs up, trying to destroy the corpus of this thing.
The Flaming One
Diff 7 this time (+1 because of the difficulty concentrating and no quint)
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to get closer. "Damon's not going to do that."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
2 successes
The Flaming One
Damon: The blow is weaker this time. YOur concentration must be waining in the face of this nightmare. Roll 2 damage.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
1 success
The Flaming One
Ivy: You start moving closer. "He's not? He seemed willing enough to bring us to the land of the dead." She waves her translucent arm in front of you. "Seems like we're fading fast enough."
Penny Gronbeck
"That's because you're over there and I'm over here. Damon's not trying to kill us, you are."
Penny Gronbeck
keep moving closer. I want to keep focused on her in case she moves suddenly.
The Flaming One
The creature spews ectoplasmic ichor, but still seems strong. "You opened this door Damon. Now stay on this side of it!" The metal buckles again and snaps! Make a dex+athletics roll, diff 7, to hold on....
The Flaming One
(Thats you Damon)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
1 success
The Flaming One
Damon: You grab, but the grip it loose... as the catwalk falls, you pull yourself mostly out of the way... soak 4 levels of bashing damage from the fall.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Take it all... ouch.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You hear a great crash from the side, and turn just in time to see Damon grappling with some sort of beast and then falling....
Penny Gronbeck
fuck! can I get over there?
The Flaming One
Damon: You land... hard. The ichor of the ruins of civilization fall around you as rain. Dizziness washes over you again.
The Flaming One
Ivy: YOu can run.
Penny Gronbeck
I run.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon rises, musters his will, and gets ready to fight.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You hear her laughter as you run. "You have a deathwish, girlfriend!"
Penny Gronbeck
"Saving lives is not a deathwish!"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I'm not a baby anymore, monster. You can't scare me."
The Flaming One
Damon: You somehow manage to stand. The spider dangles overhead, looming and waiting. "Stop now Damon. Come over to this side where you belong. You would be much happer."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I belong on my side, monster. And so do you."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I attack again.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You get over to Damon just as he is unleashing more death energies...
The Flaming One
Damon: Diff 6 (and your hurt!)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Since I'm fighting a nightmare, I'll be spending wp.
Penny Gronbeck
I don't want to get in the way of that....
The Flaming One
You do that.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
down 2 dice, I know. Got 2 left.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
:) And they like me. 3 successes
The Flaming One
Roll 4 dice.
Penny Gronbeck
uh, is that all y'all or who?
The Flaming One
You. Damon.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
9743
The Flaming One
Ivy is just sitting there looking fadingly pretty.
Penny Gronbeck
I'm still fading?
The Flaming One
The creature screams as a dark hole opens beneath it... "Not again, you fucking BASTARD!" Soon, it is gone...
Jamey Minnis
I'm gonna call it a night...
The Flaming One
Ivy: Yes...
Jamey Minnis
g'night all.
Penny Gronbeck
do I know that?
The Flaming One
Night Jamey (we're soon done here...)
Jamey Minnis
'k.
The Flaming One
Ivy: If you look.
Jamey Minnis
good game tonight - not what I was expecting...
Penny Gronbeck
probably... at my hands, at least.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Jamey... go away you're interrupting :)
The Flaming One
Damon: You're GF is fading.
Penny Gronbeck
Fuck this. Where's that evil twin?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon wipes some blood off his mouth. "Ivy?"
Penny Gronbeck
"Are you okay?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I'm fine."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Spirit scan. What's going on?
Penny Gronbeck
"You're hurt...."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"That's not important. I killed it."
The Flaming One
The storm is moaning. The light from the machinering is getting brighter. Damon: It seems something is drawing the storm to the machine... trying to suck something from it. It is gathering into a tight ball of angry souls...
Penny Gronbeck
how far gone am I?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Countermagick! "Ivy, crush the machine. I'll deal with the storm."
The Flaming One
Damon: From behind Ivy, you see... Ivy. This one seems angry and pissed. "Go ahead, Damon. Kill us off now too! I know you've been planning it."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I want to close the door I opened.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Halfway, maybe?
Penny Gronbeck
I'm heading for the evil twin.
The Flaming One
Damon: diff 8
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon pauses, suddenly realizing a fantasy... but he has work.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
wp
Justin Robinson-Prickett
:) 2
Justin Robinson-Prickett
3, with the wp
The Flaming One
The twin just laughs at you.
Penny Gronbeck
that's fine. I'm heading for her fast.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon will limp toward the storm, trying to be imposing...
The Flaming One
Damon: The forces are strong, and you are fighting them. But they are almost beyond your control... But the spell... the spell you can take out... but it might have a backlash... It'll throw you back to the right side, but it may blow up the block too.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You're there.
Penny Gronbeck
I grab her.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
So be it. There are more lives at stake than just me and Ivy.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Besides, I can control it. I know I can.
The Flaming One
Ivy: YOu grab the bitch.. and pass right through her...
Penny Gronbeck
shit!
Penny Gronbeck
what's happening?
The Flaming One
Damon: You release the spell... there is the feeling of inversion... and POP!
The Flaming One
What's happening? Damon just pushed you two back....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And the door?
The Flaming One
Warehouse.. empty but for you two and the machinery. Still pumping, but not sign of the storm on this side.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Quick spirit scan?
Penny Gronbeck
I look around for her, just in case.
Penny Gronbeck
and I'd like to lifescan myself.
The Flaming One
The door seems to be closed...? But the machinery is humming.... and... then it you figure out why...
The Flaming One
Ivy: You're back to normal.
The Flaming One
Both: Boom.
The Flaming One
Segue.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I blew up the block, huh?
The Flaming One
(Time delayed boom, you see. :)
Penny Gronbeck
no! boom and then segue? that's bad!
The Flaming One
Bad stuff for Damon! (It's 11:30, the time is right, and Monika needs to check her mail. :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Do we get XP?
The Flaming One
Send me LC in the mail, and I'll email you back.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Bad stuff? Yeah... only fought my closest ally...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Can I raise Spirit?
The Flaming One
Well, I gotta go. Love you all. Had fun! :) Soon, kemosabe...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And I already have LC! Bastard!
Penny Gronbeck
night, TJ.
Even Death must die.
