<> <> <> <> <<(Go!)>> ( Mailbox'd. ) * Katherine manages not to flinch at the soundwave as she pops the sword out of her suit's thigh into her hands. "Come on, calamari!" She burns towards the thing and sends a high-speed slash at it! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Make by 1.) <> (ha ha) (That was Calc.) <> (Defense rolls.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Triple make!) (Desc it) * Katherine must have some defense sensors or maybe just god's own instincts as she pulls a high-G turn and then speedbursts just out of the way of the tentacluar strikes! <> < (+>>) * Threnody spins away from his last, rather dramatic wire fu defense against his brother and back into stance, not pressing the attack and instead setting both swords in front of him at slightly off angles. "How much of this is your fault?" he asks, eyes narrowing. (Full def) * Ian (jrenken@tofu.sandwich.net) has joined #ATC2 (My apologies. x_x We had to pick several awards recipients - ourselves. We ended up going by elimination, and I think I just stopped bleeding.) <> "Not too much. The Concordat would have gotten around to it eventually, but pushing Dorian the right way did wonders for their speed." <> "And yours, apparently." (I'll work something out, Calc. For now, enjoy being under a mailbox under a wall.) (...wak.) 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 4. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. (Counter with the flare/irritant/drain body/15 damage thing) (Go ahead and desc the attack) * Threnody moves with lightning speed, the energy blade catching Kataki's attack perfectly, giving Thren the opportunity to flip his grip on the bokken around backwards as well and try to drive three quick nerve strikes into his brother's neck and chest before knocking him away with a kick. "But *why*?" His voice is tinged with the desperation of someone trying not to believe. <> * Fitzroy continues his craftwork with Hettie. * Rochelle remains zoned out. She is so, so good at that. (Gimme another Electronics roll, roy) (Straight) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fitzroy (2d6-1) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 8. (no..) (*watches reality implode* GOOD GOING ROY) <> <> (Glad I could help!) * Vera dives out of the way of the bench, landing in a crouch. She levels her energy gun at the beast. "Right... Let's try that again." She fires two shots! 2 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2 2d6-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4 0. <> (What's its vector? Just... straight up?) (yup.) * Katherine says, over radio, ~ Jesus! ~ She slows down to watch for what it's doing and so she can react when it drops! And sneaks a look at the swordy mirror-match. (Holding for at least to know what the hell it's doing.) (Now that's clearly wrong. I have red hair! He has black.) <> (You're not crazy now, are you? Aren't you back to normal hair?) * Ian is engaged in a battle! Under the wall. There's some cursing about nanopaks, an arm and a flipper emerge struggling from the rubble, and then disappear back into it. There's a final "VaFFANCULO!", a relieved sigh, and then a couple of tentative penguin noises. Then, more cursing, which is probably going to continue for three or four rounds. <> 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. (Make by the 1.) 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-6) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 5. ( Nope :o ) (.. harsh) <> (Take my action now!) <> <> ( >.> ) (Vera's tooo sexy for Neko to ignore.) (Well, she was kind of checking if you were dead, but you aren't, so.) * Katherine hops back out of the way, 'cause she's so attentive, and then dashes back in. She jumps over top of the thing and slashes along it at high speed. Can she split it in two? One can only hope. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (Maketastic.) <> <> * Threnody should press the attack, and for a minute it looks like he's going to, but instead he falters, arms falling to his sides. "Why..." (Hold action) * Rochelle turns her gaze to Threnody the moment he falters, and her eyes suddenly regain focus. She looks at him - and through him, to Kataki, as she raises her gun and fires. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. <> * Threnody *immediately* whirls on Rochelle, staring at her in shock. "What are you DOING?!" <> "Fuck, where the fuck did that come from? Who shot me?" (Hold action) < * Rochelle doesn't respond, instead firing again. Kataki can figure it out for himself. Or die. It doesn't matter much to her either way. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. (I'ma throw myself in path of bullet with held action. ^_^) (I'm crazy that way. o_o/) (This has become far too John Woo for me. Release the doves.) * Fitzroy wipes his brow with his sleeve and tries to ignore the battle in the background while fixing the wire that slipped earlier. (Uh... have you got an ability for such things, Thren?) (I can block bullets. Presumably if I can block bullets with a *sword*, using my entire body isn't much harder.) (Okay, no. Go for Body(Acro)) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. (Yep.) (Desc it. Ooh, the drama!0 * Threnody doesn't have time to form a coherent response or argument. Why? Because Roch is going to shoot his brother in the face (never mind that Thren's tried to slice it off twice now). So he does the only thing he can do: he leaps in front of the gunshot, eyes going wide for a moment before he hits the ground, hard. <> * Rochelle does not waver in her aim, though her eyes flick to the fallen Threnody, briefly. She remains expressionless as ever. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fitzroy (2d6-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (bah! Miss by one.) <> <> * Fitzroy scratches his head in frustration. Hettie! I'm not so sure about this. You'd better check this before we try anything. <> * Vera slams into the wall hard, but gets up quickly her bruises healing almost as fast as they're made. She nearly pushes Neko aside in her effort to get back to shooting the beast. Which she does, by the way. 2 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2 2d6-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6 1. ( Both hit ) <> (<_< >_>) (?) (When am I? ^_^) (After Kat, like you were last session.) (Ah! Okay.) * Katherine turns and looks back across the alien at the drama unfolding. Then she snaps, ~ Neko! Smash it! ~ She even follows her own advice with another running slash along the being's flank. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (Good enough!) <> * Ian is back in action! He reappears by bursting through the wall. "OH, yeah!" Then he screeches at the Chibi One again. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ian (2d6-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (Made.) (Oh no. Oh look what you've done to this... not so beautiful city.) <> * Rochelle (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) Quit (Ping timeout) * Rochelle (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #atc2 * Threnody grimaces, the energy blade flickering out as he loses concentration on it and instead plants the bokken against the ground, trying to get up. He looks at Rochelle with a ragged expression, a nice bullet hole showing in his shirt just above the waist. "Not yet. Not until I hear his reasons." (Full def.) (... Todd still there?) (.... ) (...yes? Why?) (Fucking had the channel scrolled up. I am retarded) (*pat*) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. <> "Hnnngh... ha ha ha ha... is that all you came out here for? Is to ask why?" ( He's laughing 'cause you could have just e-mailed him. ) <> 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fitzroy (2d6-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (heh, that'll do it.) * Rochelle trains her weapon down, for the now kneeling and bleeding Kataki. "Fine," she says, her voice flat. <> <> * Vera screams at the ChibiOne in frustration, firing her gun at its head. 2 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2 2d6-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4 2. * Fitzroy looks up at the portal, "Hey, I think that last change did it!" ( <> ) <> (If you believe in fairies, clap your hands!) <> (COmbat's over, act freely.) * Vera fires on the ChibiOne a few more times, grimly determined to finish it off. <> ...well. That's that? * Vera turns her aim to Kataki. "Not quite." * Katherine flares to a stop right next to Thren, glancing back. "Maybe, maybe not, but I don't think I'm staying to find out!" Then she looks back to Thren. * Threnody continues to be imposed between Kataki and everyone else. "Stay out of it," he rasps, not needing to actually look at his brother to respond. "No, it's not... the only reason I came. But it's one of them." * Fitzroy dusts off his hands, "Congrats, Hettie. We didn't implode the universe." He grins. * Rochelle doesn't shift her aim, and she doesn't respond to Thren's statement, but she also doesn't fire. Mind, it's not like she seems to *care* if Thren's in the way or not. * Ian is paying attention to Kataki, now, looking as menacing as a very bent out of shape Kool-Aid Penguin can. So...not very. <> "Didn't you ever get sick of it, Thren? Mom got to fuck with three different planets, and we get to sit there and look at the exo hanging on the armor stand. Didn't you EVER want to just FUCK with something? God! It was fantastic." <> * Katherine looks around, eyes settling on Vera for a moment, then she looks back to Thren as she murmurs, "I've finally lost that last shred of sanity." <> "Nope! That makes twice I've done it right." (This may be long on my part. It's the end of my chararc, after all ^_^) * Threnody just... blinks, eyes going wide. It's obvious that no, he hadn't thought of it that way. And it takes a second before he can speak, a flicker of purple energy sparking around the focus for the energy sword. "Just... to do it, huh..." His green eyes dull over for a moment. What a joke. * Fitzroy high-fives Hettie, "Well, double good job then!" * Threnody then moves with sudden, violent intensity, ramming the now-formed psychic sword right into Kataki's chest, his hand pressed up against Kataki's sternum and the light-formed sword looking to pierce out his back. "Yeah... just this once, I'm going to 'fuck with something'..." he grits out. * Katherine grimaces. (But nobody can see it! Ha ha ha ha ) (>_>) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6+4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 15. (...not in a million years.) (Although I could DR that!) (If you like) (DR1) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6+4) and gets 16, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "You always hurt the ones you love. I love you very much." (...) (Even better.) (...) (>.>;) (Well, dramatically speaking that's actually the best possible result.) (If you're gonna go, go all out.) (There's one more offchance I have to check) (Sorry for the delay. >_<) * Rochelle keeps her gun aimed for the pair. Something flickers behind her gaze, and she says, "Nice knowing you, Thren." She seems to actually mean it. <> "How... about that." <> <> * Rochelle fires. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. <> * Ian dashes forward, but stops, seeing that Roch has done it. "..." * Katherine bursts forward to grab Thren, catching him under one arm. Hopefully. "Goddammit. This is what you get when you stay out of family issues." * Rochelle tucks her pistol back under her jacket. She looks around. * Fitzroy jaw-drops at the commotion, "Thren..." * Vera stares, her gun finally lowering. <> * Ian kneels down and tries to tend to Thren, if need be. "Are you okay?" * Threnody made the mistake of being >< close to Kataki to make sure he's GOOD and dead. Unfortunately, the ensuing blood haze means he notices neither his brother's nor Rochelle's attempts to bring the situation to a close. The sword-swipe opens up a *very* nasty wound in his chest, and he has a wide-eyed look as he falls backwards in the opposite direction, right into Kat's arms. (Yeah, Ian, hold back for a mo on that oone. ^_~) (Whoops.) * Threnody has enough time to look, unseeing, at the sky, and say: "...the whole time... I was wrong." Then, nothing. * Katherine looks down at him and mutters a curse before starting to shift her helmet off... but it just barely comes off before Thren's silence. "No." Beat. "Dammit, it--" she swallowos, then shakes her head and says quietly, "I never thought I'd hate the silence so much in my life." THREN! ...God damn it! <> * Ian kneels down, and stares at the ground. "I can't believe that...at the last minute..." * Katherine shakes her head slightly, letting her suit ripple back to blue, white, and grey as she stands there. Then she says quietly, "I can." Beat. "Is it done? Are we done?" * Rochelle looks back at Katherine for a moment, then nods once in assent. <> "It's done. The possessions should be over." * Fitzroy looks back at the portal, "The... the portal's closed," and over to chibi "and the beast is dead.." That means...we did it? * Katherine looks at Roch for a moment, her teeth gritting, then she says, "Yeah." A weak laugh, then she lifts Thren up and puts him over her shoulder. "And to think... he was the one afraid I was being suicidal." * Vera stows away her gun, and takes off her hat, holding it to her chest with one arm. Her wounds have completely healed. <> * Rochelle watches Thren's mother approach, stop, and then leave. "Maybe he was right." <> About what? Being wrong? * Katherine looks over towards Isis and shakes her head, then snaps Chako's retreating back, "Just a moment too late, Choker." She walks over to Kataki and picks him up too, over the other shoulder. (Chako's not retreating?_ (snaps at) No. Being suicidal. I don't think he knew what he was doing. (I misread. Fine. I'll snap it to Chako's face, then!) Who would? <> "Shit. This... ah, fuck." <> "I'll call for the skimmers. ATC's already got a cleaner crew inbound via Luanne-port, and Ronnie says she's already got plans on how she's gonna spin this." * Katherine finishes hefting and regards Chako before saying angrily, "She would." Her eyes flick to Neko. (That's a very ambiguous 'she'.) (Kat doesn't mind that at all!) (Well, Ronnie's got a very ambiguous gender being an AI inhabiting a series of robotic bodies, so.) <> (Last poses for tonight!) * Ian shakes his head, and slowly gets up. "Let's go home." * Vera slips her hat back on. "Sounds like she's thought of everything." * Rochelle looks at Vera for a long moment, not paying any attention to Chako or Katherine or anything else anyone's saying. She taps her own chest once with her index finger. * Vera glances at Roch. "What? * Rochelle turns her attention to Chako. * Katherine looks back to Chako and says, "That's her job, Vera." She pauses a moment, then starts walking as she says, "I have a delivery to make." * Vera glances from Roch to Chako. (Where will your touch fall next... OH GRIM REAPER?!) (*pointpointpoints at Roch*) (Snicker.) (She did tap herself!) (Next, I'ma gonna kill Ian.) (IT won't take much.) (Exactly!) <> (No. No it won't. Because he is going to be drunk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.) (Contact out. Hell, people will pay *you*) <>