<> (*munches popcorn*) <> (AAAH POPCORN! *dies*) ( Sorry Todd, I think we're all funned out. ) (I did my part for the team. Now I get to watch you do yours.) (You mean laugh as Ian and Leo run and hide from the scary people.) ( Darn it. Now I'll never know whether Leo's slippery in soup. ) <> <> (Whereas I travelled by redhead.) (Lucky. ;_;) <> <> <> <> <> Well, this is depressing. * Leopoldo nods. "To say the least. Where do we need to go here, again?" * Rochelle shrugs, then adjusts her cap. * Fitzroy shrugs, "Could always be worse.. There's that storage place." * Demetreia looks around curiously. <> * Katherine spent the majority of the trip working, which involved a lot of eye movements and talking to herself so low nobody could hear it. She looks about and frowns. "Yeah, it could be worse." (...how very Left Bank of you.) * Katherine does some odd eye movements. "And it's at 2220 West Addison." How do we get there? * Vera stretches. "Subway. Could drive, too, but I wouldn't reccommend it." At least with the subway we only have to survive the ride over there. We take the car and we'll have to worry about protecting it, too. * Ian nods. * Katherine smirks. "Sounds like solid advice to me." Or we could just walk. Is it far? I'm not too worried about the car, really. Subway would be better though. * Rochelle nods. Actually, it might be better that we walk. Depends on how far it is. * Rochelle looks to Kat. That and if you can stand the smell. * Katherine frowns at Roch. "Gimme a sec, I'm not used to doing so much work in my head." And the... um, stuff... on the train. * Leopoldo nods. * Ian shrugs. "Either way." Sorry, just asking. 2 miles or so. * Vera goes. "Pfft. Let's walk." Also, we may have items to cary back.. Keep that in mind too. Hmm.... Good point. We can walk one way and, if necessary, take the subway back? * Katherine frowns. "No way. 20 artifacts? Imagine if a few are like that damn watermelon." Well, if someone doesn't mind staying back to protect the car, we could take that. Otherwise, we're walking. * Katherine blinks, and turns to Samuel. "Yo, Samuel? Feel like guarding the car to make this easier?" <> "Stay here, you mean?" * Rochelle tilts her head, looking at him. I'm guessing, outside the storage place. We'd need it nearby to hold the artifacts. I'll drive it there, and if anyone else wants to come with me, it's no problem. * Katherine nods after what Roy says. "Aha." * Leopoldo nods... * Vera nods. (Get your ATC2 bobble-head dolls today!) (Whee!) (... no atom!) (Protons EVERYWHERE! It's CHAOS!) (*flings them in random directions*) (Watch out for the Free Electrons!) (*flings Skittles at Ard.) ( This...bodes poorly. ) <> "Sure. But don't hesitate to call if you need help." (AGH! *beaned*) ( Oh great. We're all gonna die now :P ) (Wahoo!) (But at least it will be an hon--aw, screw that shit.) (o/~ Thaaaat's death! o/~) (Before they send us / to the grave / Kombinat thugs use / Burma Shave.) (... Moving on.) I'll get the car then. * Fitzroy goes to get his car out of the skimmer. So we start walking now? (Curses, no autoinvite.) Only if you don't want to walk later. * Rochelle eyes Leopoldo. * Leopoldo smiles. * Katherine nods, and looks between Ian and Roch. "Well, you and Ian might wanna go with Roy. Just in case he needs people with guns. But otherwise, yeah, let's get started." * Ian nods. "Will do." Sure. Have fun with the scary gang people, Leo. Oh, I'm sure I will... * Leopoldo holds his head, then looks up again. "Well, let's get moving." * Katherine grins, all fang-like, and slings the bag over her left shoulder for walking. "Yeah. Roy can figure out how to get there himself, he's got the list and a net connection." She heads off northwest. * Leopoldo follows. * Ian follows Fitzroy, then. * Leopoldo also looks around nervously, but tries not to look at anything too long. * Vera tips her hat and starts walking. "Try not to.... ah, nevermind." * Demetreia looks around and follows. (You know what that means.) (prepare... for the 9 AVERAGE ROLL!) (Leo's the rich, white boy from the suburbs who wandered into the bad, black part of Chicago. Don't look. DON'T LOOK!) (I was staying like half a mile from the really bad part of the southwest side. @_@) ( At least we're not white people in Harlem. 'Cause Harlem has werewolfs. ) (And the Apollo!) (That too.) <> * Fitzroy brings the car out and closer to anyone who seems to be coming with me. ( afk a sec ) ( Back ) ( Roll those funky dice, white GM. ) * Katherine is walking. And looking paranoid. Yep. Looking around carefully. Don't wanna be surprised * Leopoldo is being very paranoid. * Vera is walking. And eyes Katherine. "Stop acting so paranoid. Makes you look like an easy mark." * Demetreia walks fairly normally, although she does frown now and then as she looks around. That goes for all of you. ( As normal as Demetreia ever gets, anyway. ) ( Haw haw, Deme is bester than Leo and Kat. ) * Katherine looks back at Vera and frowns for a second, but then nods slightly. "Right, right. Good point. It's just been a while." She stats looking less paranoid. ( And the news is so startling it scared Cham away. ) ( See? I told you so! ) ( Ahem. Er, pause-like. ) ( Quit it or you'll get abducted like the GM ) ( What, that GM? ) ( *shoots Vera dead* ) ( *Blocks with her hat!* ) (Backlog? <_<) ( *watches Vera die anyway. sure, kid, no-sell a GM. that'll work.* ) ( But it's a hat! ;_; ) (So... um... unpauselike?) ( *eats hat* ) ( *does not touch nose* ) ( It's a dead hat. And yeah, I'm pretty sure we can unpause now. ) ( XD ) ( is not a valid number Demetreia. ( Sorry. ^_^; ) <> * Katherine continues walking, making turns when appropriate. "It's not a bad city." *swats a bug* "For what it's worth." * Vera walks on. "I guess, if you know your way around." * Leopoldo frowns. "This is why I always dislike doing deliveries from New Detroit." * Demetreia doesn't say stuff, just keeps walking, occasionally stopping to peer at something or another. What, Leo? 2d6 * Atom rolls for Rochelle (2d6) and gets 7. The atmosphere. It's so... depressing. 2d6-4 * Atom rolls for Ian (2d6-4) and gets 4. * Vera shrugs. "Not like anyone comes here because they want to." * Katherine says in a clipped tone, "Well, there are worse options." 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Fitzroy (2d6-2) and gets 8. I suppose. <> (He's so nice and unassuming for a huge black-wearing guy.) (What you don't know is his suit is human skin.) (Lenin has to be dead. Kookabura don't live that long.) (You forget nanites.) * Katherine silently trudges along. (Who's to say Kookabura wasn't just Lenin's puppet?) <> "Kat, what do you do for a living?" * Leopoldo walks along as well. Cybernetics design. "Interesting." (I dunno. I figure Kookabura was just another example of the BethanyBoy's fine engineering, by remote control.) ChromeMental research. They're a small tech outfit. (Bot. BethanyBot. Tim would be scared to find a BethanyBoy, I feel.) <> * Vera nods to the building. "Alright, we're here." Really? Let's do what we need to do and get out... ( *watches the building nod back* ) * Vera nods. She looks the building over. Yep. It's in comparment 23. Hopefully that's not very high up. 2d6-1 * Atom rolls for Rochelle (2d6-1) and gets 11. (DR1) * Demetreia looks a little nervous. "Are we just going to go inside and take it?" 2d6-1 * Atom rolls for Rochelle (2d6-1) and gets 3. (Much better. :P) (... Criticals are good for DR.) Pretty much. ( Oh, what a difference DR makes. ) Preferably without being caught doing it. * Demetreia looks more nervous. "Oh..." * Fitzroy notices the group, gets out of the car, and walks over to meet them. * Ian heads over with Fitzroy. ( What's the building look like? How many entrences? ) * Rochelle gets out, too. She looks around. "The guy with the spoons and stuff knows we're here." You mean the one that likes to throw his silverware around? Great. ...spoons? * Vera frowns. "How?" * Katherine blinks. "Yeah, that's my question." He's watching from the second floor. (... So much for stealth!) * Vera looks up. Descreetly. * Ian nods. "This is going to be troublesome." <> * Leopoldo hmmfs. <> "Someone else needs to stay with the car." I'll do it. * Demetreia looks up. "I can--oh..." Okay... <> "Are you sure?" Well, on to plan B, then. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets 8. (DR2) What is plan B? 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets 3. * Rochelle shrugs. "Yeah. I'm no good in a fight." B for Brute force. I feared as much. * Demetreia winces. Um, maybe I should stay back with the car too? <> "He won't have backup, at least.>> * Katherine closes her eyes and rubs her temples, not looking at Samuel. "That's all we got. Every second we wait is a second he can shore up defenses." (It's HIM!) How do you know? * Ian sighs. "I can take care of myself, but if things go bad, that's probably going to involve running away." I'm not...I...er...if I have to, but...uh... * Demetreia looks very very nervous about the whole deal. "I don't, for certain, but Anders made prior arrangements to keep most of the forces busy." (Ha. Ha. Ha. ASS.) Figures. <> "Nobody has to fight who doesn't want to. I can take him on alone, if you're that concerned." Sound awfully confident there. * Katherine opens her eyes and frowns. "The real question is why the hell would he be alone?" "Because the forces with him have been reallocated to Red Vladivostok." How? * Katherine stretches her fingers. "... Good enough for me. I'm in. Anyone else?" "Another agent executed a decoy operation earlier today, precisely for this reason." * Ian shrugs. "I'll help. But please don't be too angry with me if I run away." I'll go. I can probably get you into the storage unit.. As long as he's not in the way. * Vera rubs her head. ( Ian mustn't run away! ) * Leopoldo looks at the car, then at the building, then at the car again, then sighs. "I'll go in, then. You might need me to carry stuff out." I...I don't want to hurt anyone... Then don't. Stay out here. Yeah, I'm great company. We can chase stray animals together. * Vera pulls her guns from her duster -- the new one (nevermind that it looks like the old one -- and straightens her hat. "I don't care if you come or not, but make a decision. I need to know who I can count on under pressure." I...will stay out here, with Rochelle. If that's all right. Fine. * Vera starts towards the building. "No sense in waiting if he knows we're here. Let's get this over with." * Katherine nods, and follows. "It's a civie building, ya know. You might wanna stow the gun until we actually see the guy." ( Is it? I thought it was private >.> ) <> (U-Stor-It!) * Fitzroy nods and goes too. "I'm not much of a fighter, but I'll do what I can, if I need to." * Ian nods. "Let's do it." * Rochelle has a seat on the hood of the car. She tucks her pebble away. * Vera stows the gun in her jacket and nods to Katherine. "Yeah... Although it's not like carrying a gun in Red Detroit is that unusual anyhow." * Leopoldo follows. "I hate fate." ( And fate loves you, too. ) * Katherine snickers. "Best to be safe, in case the place pays gangs for protection. Or however things might work around here." She's still carrying her bag. (Fate's a bar! On Dog Street! *insane cackling*) * Demetreia sinks down to the ground in a crosslegged position and waves at the leaving people. * Ian nods. (YES.) <> <> (Any stairs?) <> (Yes, so we can watch them sit around and not say anything to each other. ^^) ( Until the GANGSTERS EAT US. ) * Vera heads towards the elevators. * Katherine follows. * Ian follows. * Fitzroy is with the group "What's the number on this storage unit?" <> 23. Might be second floor, since the spoony philosopher was up there. (There've been 13 Sinatras, and only four Jimmy Buffets?) * Vera hits the second floor button. "Probably. Stand away from the doors." (Wow. Sinatras must SUCK. They keep dying off.) (Hey, this isn't the latest Buffet.) * Ian stands to the left side of the door, against the front wall. * Leopoldo obeys. * Katherine does draw her gun now. And pulls the second one from her bag. "There's nanopaks in the bag among the other stuff, if someone really needs it." * Fitzroy stands back. <> * Vera draws her gun and flattens herself to the wall. "Good to know." * Ian draws his gun as well. (Even still. 13 Sinatras in 180 years is impressive.) Oh. It's you people. * Katherine brings both her guns up to be pointing straight at his head. "Sadly so. Your friend's knee feel any better?" * SmallerFellow doesn't seem impressed with your gun-pointing abilities. * Yu-Mei (stdwrs15@AC8FF308.ipt.aol.com) has left #ATC2 * Vera nods. "I'd say I'm surprised to see you here, but it's not such a surprise, is it? * Fitzroy reaches behind his back and waits. Leg? Oh, right. He was up and walking normally before the night was out. We didn't get the bullet out until the day after, tho. <> (Someone punch the damn button!) * SmallerFellow smirks. "Oh, leaving already?" (Someone punch the small man.) (That too.) ( Someone use the small man to punch the button? ) (Push the button, Frank.) (Stop ()ing, start doing. My hands are full.) * Ian pushes the button on his side (is there one?) with his non-gun hand. <> Well, that's not surprising. Welcome to the late 21st century. Would you like to leave, or are we going to have to come out there and get brutally savaged? ( Argh! *steals all of Calc's Pratchett books* You've exceeded your quota. Get in the box. ) * Vera rolls her eyes. "You could've put it better, y'know..." ( ;_; ) (Agreed.) * Fitzroy raises an eyebrow at Ian. * Ian shrugs. I'm afraid you're gonna have to get savaged. I'm just sad I didn't bring any special weapons to kill you with. Yeah yeah... Talk is cheap. I mean, really. Don't you guys deserve to be killed with special weapons? <> "That's okay, Kant. I've brought mine." I'm sure your usual dinnerware will do fine. Didn't bring the good china? ( Remember, he's got a knife, a spoon and TWO forks, one for dessert. ) (*beats his head against the desk*) ( No, he *did* bring the good china, so he doesn't wanna spoil it. ) * Leopoldo sighs. "Wow, I feel so helpful." * SmallerFellow snickers. "Oh, yes. Captain Dickwaver, to the rescue." It's good to see you again, Sam. And nice to know you're still carying an engorgible shaft of spongelike material as your weapon of choice. (Well, it WAS foam and he DID extend/harden it...) ( ...oh, dear. ) ( It IS a sponge! Muahahaha! ) "It beats shrimp forks." <> ( It's Nerf. ) ( Or possibly nothing. <.< ) Dio mio, I graduated high school for this? (Nerf or nothing? :P) * Katherine snorts. "If we're going to do dickwaving, let's do it right. " She pulls the triggers on both her guns at once, aimed right for Kant. <> * SmallerFellow pulls out a pair of large handguns. "So are these." ( That's what I said, soup lizard. ) d6+6 * Atom rolls for Vera (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+6 * Atom rolls for Leopoldo (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+6 * Atom rolls for Ian (d6+6) and gets 8. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Katherine (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+4 * Atom rolls for Fitzroy (d6+4) and gets 7. (7? Jesus Christ.) (What? 18 stat and 1 level of ACM.) <> ( o/` It's so easy o/` ) * Katherine has already taken her action! Two guns! Pow pow! ( o/~ Happy go lucky o/~ ) ( Bet the other guy's name is Kan ) 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 1. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 8. d2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (d2) and gets 2. * SmallerFellow bends out of the way of Kat's shots! Good effort, good effort! * Katherine smirks. "I do try." * SmallerFellow spins one of his guns on his finger, and actually throws it at Kat's hand! 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets -1. (Dodge, and... um... that's a crit.) (Yes, yes it is.) (Kat kicks the gun back at his face, killing him instantly.) (Woot, do it.) <> (Now that's a catch. @_@) Oh, VERY nice! * SmallerFellow applauds. (I knew equipping the Catch counter would pay off.) * SmallerFellow is now known as Kant * Vera raises her weapon. "That ain't how you use one of these." She fires. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Vera (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Shiney.) ( Aw. There goes my star points ;_; ) <> Oh really? Well, moot point now. (Screw star points. You fired an artifact, remember? :P) (Really. You're lucky to be alive.) * Vera blinks. "Uh... Huh. Didn't expect that." <> * Kant grins. "Reeeally?" (If Kant had that weapon, it'd turn into the SPORK of POWER.) Eh, like it matters. I'm still gonna kick your ass with it either way. * Leopoldo backs up from the fighting. (Full defense.) ( Nah. If Kant had that weapon, he'd shoot you with it. ^_^ ) (It'd turn into chasis bolts from a Dodge Viper. ) <> * Ian raises his gun, politely snags Kat's shiny new spare handgun, and fires both at Kant. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Ian (2d6-2) and gets 8. (...Atom. >_>#) ( Wah. I'm the only one without two guns ;_; ) (Two guns means two shots. c.c;) <> <> (Ah? W00t.) 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Ian (2d6-2) and gets 9. (...) (Haha!) (...hahaha.) <> <> (I only have one.. and it's probably the worst one here. ^_~) (Not worse than mine! I don't have a gun. ;-;) (This is karma for the Discworld refs.) ((Then again, I could do more damage by throwing stuff.)) ( Todd: Agreed. ) Mmm. Better luck next time. That was just... sad, really. Yes, it was. Sorry to insult your supernatural dodging skills. * Katherine mutters, "I'm just glad I wore a goddamn sleeved shirt today." I weep, that there should be people so incompetent with firearms. Don't you? * Fitzroy doesn't have a witty comment. He just tries to sneak out of the elevator past Kant. ("sneak") Just not my day, I guess. <> <> <> (...you are playing this metaphor too far.) (OhhhKAY then.) ( ... ) (The mental imagery is really, really scary.) (...) (The horrible part is I designed it without even realizing.) ( . . . ) (You asshat.) (Ew ew squickage EW.) (...) ( I didn't catch it, either. It's terrible. ) <> (AGH MAKE IT STOP *dies*) ( You know, I wasn't even thinking of that until all of you brought it up. ) ( Meaniefaces. ) (I wish you hadn't brought it up. ;-;) Aagh! Hey, lay off on the wang, Captain! (How could you NOT? HOW COULD YOU NOT?! ._.) ( Mostly because I wasn't really paying attention. ) * Katherine 's face is set in a nasty smirk as she fires again. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Hooray! Hits for Katherine!) * Kant dodges one, but not the other. "Better this time! Why, if you keep this up I suppose I'll be dead in no time!" * Katherine 's ears twitch. "I... suppose so." * Kant pulls out a pair of throwing knives, tossing one at Vera's gunhand, and one at Kat's right hand. 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6-4 * Atom rolls for Vera (2d6-4) and gets 4. (Dodge, yes.) (Vera?) ( What? ) (Is that a dodge?) ( Yes ) (What kind of defense are you using?) ( Dodge :P ) (*smacks Vera with a dodge.) <> * Vera aims for the general area of the guys chest and fires. 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Vera (2d6-3) and gets 1. ( Atsa hit ) * Kant dodges the shot! <> Wait, this isn't right. I thought you were going to kick my ass with that gun? * Leopoldo stays back and tries not to get hit himself. Just get rid of him already... (Total defense) At least I'm not named "Can't". <> Psh. You obviously have no appreciation of philosophy. * Ian fires at Kant, just with his main gun. He's aiming for the space where he judges Kant to be the least bendy. 2d6-1 * Atom rolls for Ian (2d6-1) and gets 4. (Ian's main gun. Oh, the images.) Uh-huh. You're still Can't, bud. (Super Ian Missile Pods, DEPLOY!) * Kant takes that shot lightly on his thigh. "Oh? What Kant I do, pray tell?" <> You Kant make good jokes. * Katherine shoots at him again. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Hits for everybody.) * Kant takes one hit. "Ooph. Hm." (The other he saves for later.) * Kant takes out another knife, tossing it for Kat's stomach. 2d6-4 * Atom rolls for Fitzroy (2d6-4) and gets 5. 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets 0. (Whoo. Livin' on the edge. Dodge, yes.) (twice?) (... 'another knife tossing it for Kat's stomach.) (ah, right.) (...! I read Roy's roll as yours. Oy.) (Heh.) <> (...I knew it! I KNEW IT!) ( Wait, I don't even get a dodge? @_@ ) (I'ma say no. It's not possible to predict stuff like that. He didn't get a dodge on your ricochet shot. <_<) ( It didn't ricochet >.> ) ( But when it was going to, he didn't. ;P ) (Right.) * Vera hisses. "Bastard." She quickdraws her own gun and fires. ( Other gun. ) 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Vera (2d6-2) and gets 5. <> Ah, poetic justice. Tch. Think you're clever. I can do the same damn thing.