[Oh yeah! I forgot about you guys.] [Uh, you're outside. Still. Yeah.] [Go!] * Kaede is outside. He is concentrating on the lights until he gets a signal to the contrary. * Taki looks at the door where everybody else just ran in. "Should... should we go in and wait there?" * Satoshi concentrates for a moment. "There's Scyther and Chariot down there as well about a dozen Arcana. If you'll be okay Kaede, I think you're right Taki." * Kaede looks at Taki and sighs a bit. "My power only works if I'm touching it. That's why I asked if we needed an overload." * Taki gives Satoshi a wide-eyed look. "We have to help them." She then runs in. * Kaede nods to Satoshi. "Go ahead. Text me quick if I need to run inside." ...or talk to me in my head. I keep forgetting you can do that. Katie says blow it out. ::Satoshi then heads into to the stairs:: * Kaede nods and concentrates all his energy to surge the circuit and blow the fuses. * Satoshi talks to Taki as they run to the stairs. "They need us up here for now. We're preventing an ambush and making sure we can escape." * Taki whirls at Satoshi. "There's fourteen of them down there and it's not an ambush!?" * Satoshi slaps his forehead. "A dozen prisoners. Sorry." * Kaede opens his eyes and runs after them. "Wait, why can't Taki being down there be making sure we can escape?" ( Gimme perception checks! ) * Taki stops running and visibly droops with relief. "I thought... that... that... Don't say things like that, please." ( Actually make that sight checks. ) ( And there should be a penalty, but meh, I'll leave it hidden ) Sorry. ::He looks to Kaede:: I think the logic was that anyone down there may be knocked out. We need Taki awake to escape. Alright, alright. And I'm assuming I'm going with you? [Although it's dark inside, Taki and Kaede notice a bald guy in a tank- top and khakis comes down the stairs inside the shop. He stops suddenly as he spies you.] * Kaede eyes the bald guy and draws his wrench from out of his coat. "Actually, I don't think I have much of a choice at this point." Up! * Satoshi already had is hockey stick out and he moves to keep the guy from getting down stairs. Or he will when it's his init. (Have we ever seen this guy before?) (I don't remember any bald guys.) ( You guys need to roll init. And no, you haven't. ) [Satoshi, Baldy, Taki, Kaede] [Satoshi go!] * Satoshi moves to block the way down and prepares to attack if the bald guy makes any offensive moves. (I don't think Satoshi normally hits first, right?) (No, he doesn't.) (He tries to talk people down) (No matter how many times it's failed before.) I'd prefer to not have to beat you down. But I will if you try anything. (I'm not sure if "beat you down" is Satoshi-esque though. :P But I'll give you liberty. ^_^) [The bald guy retreats up the stairs, pulling a pistol from the belt of his pants as he goes. He shouts, "Sosuke! Sosuke, get you're ass down here! We've got company!"] [Taki!] * Satoshi treats that as an offensive move and attacks. * Taki starts to run up the stairs since she can't risk a field going off. [Taki can't run up the stairs. Baldy and Satoshi are in the way.] (It helps with all called shots.) * Satoshi tries to knock the gun out of the guy's hand and down the stairs. * Kaede eyes that. "A *pistol*? Oh that's just great." He goes up next to Taki and whispers to her. "Think you could port us right past him so we can attack from the other side?" * Taki whispers back. "If... if I field, I might pass out again." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 1. (Whoo. Okay, that had a +4 penalty, reduced to a +1 penalty from his kensei ability.) (Go ex~boyfriend!) (Oh, should have been 0. Anyways, he gets a body roll to keep it with a +2 penalty) (The rules are on page 224 if you want to look at them) * Kaede sighs. "Wonderful." He edges past Taki and goes to Satoshi. "If he doesn't go down soon, switch up." Right. (Although, while there's no super strength penalties explicitly, I'd argue that it would probably be pretty harder than usual to make the body. Satoshi wasn't holding back on that hit.) (But, your call. ) [Satoshi sends the gun flying from the man's grasp. He cries out and runs up the stairs!] * Satoshi smiles. That was not a guilt inducing bit of violence. And he's not even angry yet. * Kaede scowls. "Let's go!" * Satoshi doesn't catch Kaede's drift. "Up there?" (Wow, Satoshi 2.0 isn't that quick. XD) * Taki pushes past him. "Yes!" Either we go up there, or they come down here. And I do *not* want to all be crowded on the staircase when that happens. * Kaede also doesn't wait for Satoshi and moves! * Satoshi lets Taki go. "They'd be crowded too. We're supposed to be watching everybody elses' backs." They have guns! Fine. Stay down here if you have to. I'm sure it'll be deathly quiet. * Kaede goes up! (*Taki thinks "Kaede is agreeing with me and Satoshi disagrees, I must be doing something wrong.") (Actually, Kaede said to go up first. You're agreeing with him.) (Taki tried to run past Satoshi before it was physicaly possible!) [The man ducks into a room on the second floor! And coming down from the third is the other guy, the Goth who doesn't get much sleep.] (Is there a spot where we can get off the stairwell and engage this guy?) ( But you don't have a ring. ) (I knew you were going to try and turn that into a pun.) ( ^^v ) [There's a short corridor between your stairs and his.] * Kaede stays in the corridor and waits for him. Maneuvering room ftw. * Taki looks at the door the bald guy ducked into, any clues as to what might be in there? * Kaede does block the end of the stairwell to make it harder for HIM to get around though. * Satoshi glances down on the gun and steps on the grip to make sure it's pointed in a safe direction. He then slams his hockey stick down on the barrel to crush it. After that he rushes up to join the others. [Wordlessly, the man waves a hand at Kaede, as though he was slashing at him with a sword. Gimme a ranged def, Kaede!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. (o/~) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. [Kaede ducks just in time, as an invisible something leaves a mark on the wall next to him with a solid THWACK! Meanwhile, Satoshi crushes a gun.] * Kaede grins a little madly. "So that's the way you want to play it, huh?" He bursts into separate lightning bolts and travels towards his target. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. [Taki finds that door locked. Doh.] (...) * Satoshi bounds up the stairs, jumping six steps at a time. [Meanwhile, Kaede shocks the new guy somethin' fierce.] * Taki looks down. "Satoshi it's lo-" She cuts off when Kaede's lightning bolt goes off. How's the Goth doing? * Kaede goes through him and lands on the other side, looking back at the goth. [The Goth is electrified! But not down yet. Hops forward away from Kaede, turning and throwing another .... whatever it is at him again!] * Taki drops back down the stairs so she can attack the goth from behind. [Ouch! Kaede is hit by a force from behind. That hurts enough by itself, but he's knocked into the stairs, which is also quite painful.] * Taki punches the Goth from behind. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Your logic is faulty, your intelligence is doubtful, and your sumo is insufficient." (DR!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [Not expecting an attack from behind, Taki hits him and knocks him out.] * Taki looks down. "Are... are you okay Kaede?" * Kaede gets up and groans. "Why couldn't you have done that *before* he hit me? Ow." Check and see if there are more of them. The other guy isn't much of a threat without his gun. I'm sor... I yeah. * Taki turns and goes back up the stairs without finishing. * Satoshi joins the others. "Wow, Taki! Good shot." * Satoshi stays with her. Don't split the party and all. * Kaede looks at Satoshi for a second and just rolls his eyes. [You head upstairs, ignoring the locked door.] * Satoshi stops for a second. "Wait, what's behind that door?" Good question. (Is he looking at the locked door?) * Satoshi then grimaces. "Haruko, calm down... okay, looks like they've won down there." Let's get out of here. * Kaede runs a current along his wrench and tries to knock or melt the lock off. Whichever works. Eriko. [The lock's on the inside, so that doesn't work.] Oh... right... I. Satoshi, could you...? * Satoshi takes a few steps back and nods. "Everybody ready?" * Taki nods back. * Kaede doesn't do that then and stands back. * Satoshi rushes the door, shoulder out, trying to bust it down. (Kaede! Bull Rush!) (Err, Satoshi I mean!) ( Body - SS +2! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. [Satoshi charges through the door! Inside the room is a bed, a dresser, a chair and desk, a lamp... Oh, and that bald guy is there at the far corner. He has a bag over his shoulder now. He's kneeling at the far end of the room, one hand around Eriko, who's gagged and tied by her arms and legs. His other hand's holding a revolver, which he fires! Gimme a ranged def roll, Satoshi!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. (dr) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. * Kaede rolls his eyes. "How many guns does this guy *have*?" [Satoshi's momentum is stopped as a bullet grazes his shoulder. The man quickly turns the gun on Eriko, putting the revolver to her head. "Not another step! You hear me?!"] (That is, Satoshi missed the roll) * Satoshi stands up. "I hear you." * Taki glances up at the ceiling of the room, how high is it? [About 10 feet.] * Kaede scowls and starts to step into the room, but stops when the gun's pointed. "You're not getting any help in this now..." * Taki concentrates on the guy and Eriko... and then takes a step back off the stairs. ["I don't care! I'm getting out of here! You try to stop me and I'll blow this bitch's brains out!"] * Satoshi clenches his fist in response to the pain. For the moment he lets Kaede talk. You do that, and there's nothing to stop us from killing you afterwards. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. [Not that it matters, when Taki suddenly appears directly above and falls on him.] * Kaede doesn't care. He was trying to keep his attention on him anyways. (He flattened?) * Satoshi , as soon as he feels the field go up and Taki falls, moves to disarm. (Full attack). (If he's not I'm going for his gun.) [The three fall into a crumpled heap, but the guy's still got a hold of his gun.] (Annnd...I hope Taki DIDN'T field. Eriko's not Arcana. :P) (Uh... Eriko's not there anymore) [Right, Eriko's not there anymore.] 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. [Satoshi bats the gun out of his hand like a hockey puck.] ["Fuck!"] * Kaede rushes as soon as Taki appears too, his wrench still throwing sparks, trying to clock the guy. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. [Kaede clonks him on the head, and he's out like a light.] * Taki rolls to her feet. "Where's Eri... argh." * Kaede lets it go out. "Wimp and a coward. Terrible combination." He looks at Taki. "You have enough energy to get us out again?" * Kaede pats Taki on the shoulder. "Either way you helped. He's no longer a threat if Eriko isn't here." Yeah, I'm fine, as soon as I turn this ... this thing off!" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. * Taki flickers. * Kaede looks to see if Eriko's back yet. * Taki then glances at where Eriko was. * Taki then tries it again. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (er) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. * Taki vanishes completely. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. * Satoshi moves to crush this gun too. Don't want any end of session drama from those. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. [Eriko is back! And still tied up and gagged. She squirms and looks up at you.] * Kaede works on untying Eriko, when she finally does appear, gag first, then restraints. "You okay?" * Taki can be heard running back up the stairs. [As soon as the gag's off, Eriko yells, "Forget about me! They've got Saki and Ryuji in the cellar! If anything happens to them....!"] * Satoshi then frowns and looks like he's concentrating. He nods in agreement. "Eriko, we've got them, they're dazed or unconscious but safe." Relax. We're on it. Rather, the rest of us are. * Taki enters the room. "I... eh... How many of them are there?" [Eriko looks visibly relieved. "Oh. Thank you. Thanks," She says as the ropes are untied. She stands up, rubbing her wrists, then hurries downstairs. "I've got to..."] * Kaede looks at Taki. "Taki. You are *not* teleporting us all and wearing yourself out if we can help it." Haruko's going to go get a van, Kyon will rent a hotel. * Taki looks at Kaede. "If there's more of them they... they could show up before we're gone." Good. I'm glad they've both got more sense than you. "To Taki." (To Taki in <>) * Kaede *eyes* Taki. "And if you pass out midport? What then? We go together or not at all." Dammit, quit trying to be a knight and be a person for once. So? We all go now! * Kaede shakes his head and runs downstairs after Eriko. * Taki shakes her head and then looks out the window. * Satoshi takes a moment to search the remaining thugs. He then hauls them down to the first floor and puts them in a corner where he can keep an eye of them. (Satoshi now has a lifetime membership to Thug Inc.!) (He's actually looking to subscribe to thug flix.) (He'll send these two in when he's done with them and get two brand new thugs) * Taki gives up and heads down the stairs and eventually into the basement. [Baldy has a wallet with a Student ID that reads: Isamu Konishita, Serizawa High. Also, his bag has some smaller plastic bags of a fine pinkish powder.] Hmm.. so that's what the drugs look like. * Satoshi makes a note of the ID and puts it back. He doesn't return the drugs. * Satoshi is similarly shocked by hearing Sho arrive downstairs. He sends a quick message to Haruko and then rushes down. * Satoshi keeps taking people up. He grabs the thugs shirts for two of the topless, Fuyuko and one other. Also, he also keeps a careful eye on the thugs and makes sure Katie gets nowhere near them.